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| death_placeGarland, Miller County, Arkansas
| death_placeGarland, Miller County, Arkansas
| resting_place=Lowe farm in Miller County
| resting_place=Lowe farm in Miller County
| occupation= [[Farmer]]; [[Business]]man
| occupation=[[Farmer]]; [[Business]]man
| residence =Garland, Arkansas
| residence=Garland, Arkansas
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| office=[[Republican Party]] state chairman
| office=[[Republican Party]] state chairman
| term_end=June 1980
| term_end=June 1980
| preceded=[[Jim Caldwell]]
| preceded=[[Jim Caldwell]]
| succeeded=Jeraldine D. Pruden (interim)<br>
| succeeded=Jeraldine D. Pruden (interim)
[[Harlan "Bo" Holleman]]
[[Harlan "Bo" Holleman]]
|office2=Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas
|office2=Republican National Committeeman from Arkansas
Southern Arkansas University<br>
Southern Arkansas University<br>
[[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville
[[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville
|religion=[[Lutheran]] - [[Missouri]] Synod
|religion=[[Lutheran]] - [[Missouri]] Synod
|spouse=Nedra Jean Bledsoe
|spouse=Nedra Jean Bledsoe
|children=Michael Lynn Lowe<br>
|children=Michael Lynn Lowe<br>
Parents:<br>
Parents:<br>
Jesse Luther and Ruth McKinley Lowe
Jesse Luther and Ruth McKinley Lowe
|footnotes='''Notes'''
|footnotes='''Note'''
For more than a quarter century, Lowe was a pioneer in the attempt to establish a two-party system in the historically [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state of [[Arkansas]]. Since his death, the state moved primarily into the [[Republican Party|Republican]] column.
For more than a quarter century, Lowe was a pioneer in the attempt to establish a two-party system in the historically [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state of [[Arkansas]]. Since his death, the state moved primarily into the [[Republican Party|Republican]] column.
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'''Aylmer Lynn Lowe''', known as '''Lynn Lowe''' (March 6, 1936 – August 14, 2010),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=12529|title=Our Campaigns: Lowe, Lynn|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref> was an American [[farmer]] and [[politician]] from Garland in Miller County in southwestern [[Arkansas]], who was a leadingr figure in hi state's [[Republican Party]]. He was the [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1978 against the [[Democratic Party|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 but a future governor of Arkansas and [[U.S. Senator]].
'''Aylmer Lynn Lowe''', known as '''Lynn Lowe''' (March 6, 1936 – August 14, 2010),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 31, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=12529|title=Our Campaigns: Lowe, Lynn|publisher=ourcampaigns.com|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref> was an American [[farmer]] and [[politician]] from Garland in Miller County in southwestern [[Arkansas]], who was a leading figure in his state's [[Republican Party]]. He was the [[governor|gubernatorial]] nominee in 1978 against the [[Democratic Party|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 but a future governor of Arkansas and [[U.S. Senator]].
==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Lowe was born in Texarkana in Miller County to Jesse Luther Lowe, Sr. (1890–1967), and the former Ruth McKinley (1894–1987), originally from Waldo in Nevada County in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Garland High School and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia for two years before he received in 1959 his [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in agricultural engineering from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He farmed his entire life near the Red River and for a time also raised [[cattle]].
Lowe was born in Texarkana in Miller County to Jesse Luther Lowe, Sr. (1890–1967), and the former Ruth McKinley (1894–1987), originally from Waldo in Nevada County in southern Arkansas. He graduated from Garland High School and attended Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia for two years before he received in 1959 his [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in agricultural engineering from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville. He farmed his entire life near the Red River and for a time also raised [[cattle]].
Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of [Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview of A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>
Lowe was married to the former Nedra Jean Bledsoe, originally from Boyce in northern Rapides Parish to the north of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] in central [[Louisiana]]. The Bledsoes relocated to Miller County, where Jena's father operated a [[cotton]] gin. Lynn and Jean Lowe have a son, Michael Lynn Lowe (born 1959, also a farmer, and wife, Diana; two daughters, Ruth Evelyn Lowe of Garland City and Martha Lowe Robertson and husband, Chris, of [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], and three grandchildren. Lynn Lowe had a surviving brother Robert McKinley Lowe of Weems, [[Virginia]], and two sisters Jean Davis of [Mesa, [[Arizona]], and Dot Fisher of Ames, [[Iowa]]. He was predeceased by a brother, Jesse Luther Lowe, Jr. Lowe was long active in the [[Missouri]] Synod of the [[Lutheran Church]] in Texarkana, [[Texas]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=lowe>Billy Hathorn, Interview with A. Lynn Lowe, December 28, 2009.</ref>
==Congressional race==
==Congressional race==