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Michael Edward "Mike" Lowry (born March 8 , 1939 ) served as the twentieth governor of the U.S. State of Washington from 1993 to 1997 . Lowry is a Democrat . Lowry was born and raised in St. John, Washington , and graduated from Washington State University in 1962 . He had a brief career working for the Washington State Senate and as a lobbyist for Group Health Cooperative before being elected to the King County Council in 1975 . He was elected to the United States House Of Representatives from Washington's Seventh Congressional District in 1978 , where he served until 1989. Lowry twice ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate . In 1983 he was defeated by Republican Dan Evans to replace Democrat Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson , and in 1988 he lost to Slade Gorton , also a Republican. An unabashed Liberal , Lowry was elected governor in 1992 and served for a single term. He chose not to run for re-election to a second term due to a Sexual Harassment scandal in which his deputy press secretary accused him of making inappropriate remarks and fondling her. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Commissioner Of Public Lands in 2000 . More recently he has been active in building affordable housing for Washington's migrant farm workers. |
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