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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 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]].
'''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]].
==Background==
==Background==
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]].