Lynn Lowe | |
|---|---|
 Lowe in undated photograph | |
| Chair of the Arkansas Republican Party | |
| In office December 1974 – June 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Jim R. Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Jeraldine D. Pruden (interim) Harlan "Bo" Holleman |
| Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas | |
| In office June 1980 – 1988 | |
| Preceded by | John Paul Hammerschmidt |
| Succeeded by | Robert "Bob" Leslie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aylmer Lynn Lowe March 6, 1936 Texarkana, Miller County Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | August 14, 2010 (aged 74) Garland, Miller County, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lowe farm in Miller County |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Nedra Jean Bledsoe |
| Children | Michael Lynn Lowe Evelyn Ruth Lowe |
| Parent(s) | Luther and Ruth McKinley Lowe |
| Residence(s) | Garland, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Garland City (Arkansas) High School University of Arkansas at Fayetteville |
| Occupation | Farmer; Businessman |
| For more than a quarter century, Lowe was a pioneer in the attempt to establish a two-party system in the historically Democratic state of Arkansas. Since his death, the state moved primarily into the Republican column. | |
Aylmer Lynn Lowe, known as A. Lynn Lowe (March 6, 1936 – August 14, 2010),[1][2] was an American businessman and politician from Garland near Texarkana in Miller County in southwestern Arkansas, who was a major figure in the Arkansas Republican Party. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1978 against the Democrat Bill Clinton, served as state party chairman from 1974 to 1980, and was the GOP candidate in Arkansas's 4th congressional district in 1966, having been defeated by the Democrat David Pryor, then a state representative and a future governor and U.S. Senator, originally from Camden in Ouachita County in south Arkansas.
- ^ "Social Security Death Index". ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
- ^ "Our Campaigns: Lowe, Lynn". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 27, 2009.