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| name=Aylmer Lynn Lowe
| name=Aylmer Lynn Lowe
| image=Lynn Lowe of AR.jpg
| birth_date=March 6, 1936
| birth_date=March 6, 1936
| birth_place=Texarkana, Miller County, [[Arkansas]], USA
| birth_place=Texarkana, Miller County, [[Arkansas]], USA
''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' said that no state in the U.S. South in 1978 was "tougher to crack for the Republicans than Arkansas, and it's going to stay that way."<ref name=usnews>''[[U.S. News and World Report]],'' October 16, 1978, p. 32.</ref> Clinton hence became at thirty-two the youngest person elected governor in the United States since [[Harold Stassen]] won in [[Minnesota]] in 1938 at the age of thirty-one. He was termed "a living monument to the god, 'Charisma'"<ref name=usnews/>
''[[U.S. News and World Report]]'' said that no state in the U.S. South in 1978 was "tougher to crack for the Republicans than Arkansas, and it's going to stay that way."<ref name=usnews>''[[U.S. News and World Report]],'' October 16, 1978, p. 32.</ref> Clinton hence became at thirty-two the youngest person elected governor in the United States since [[Harold Stassen]] won in [[Minnesota]] in 1938 at the age of thirty-one. He was termed "a living monument to the god, 'Charisma'"<ref name=usnews/>
Lowe received 195,550 votes (36.6 percent) and won six counties: Sebastian ([[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]) with 62.5 percent, Crawford (adjoining Sebastian) with 55 percent, Boone (Harrison) with 54.9 percent, Polk with 54.4 percent, Van Buren with 54.1 percent, and his own Miller at 53.6 percent. He won 49.8 percent in Franklin County, also near Fort Smith and the home base of then U.S. Senator [[Dale Bumpers]]. Clinton prevailed with 338,684 votees (63.4 percent) and won the remaining sixty-nine counties. It was the best showing by a GOP nominee for governor since [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]'s 1970 loss to Bumpers. While Lowe lost to Clinton, Lowe's former congressional rival, outgoing Governor David Pryor, won all seventy-five counties in the U.S. Senate race over the Little Rock [[Moderate Republican]] William Thomas "Tom" Kelly, Jr. (1942-2011).<ref>Arkansas election returns, 1978.</ref>
Lowe received 195,550 votes (36.6 percent) and won six counties: Sebastian ([[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]) with 62.5 percent, Crawford (adjoining Sebastian) with 55 percent, Boone (Harrison) with 54.9 percent, Polk with 54.4 percent, Van Buren with 54.1 percent, and his own Miller at 53.6 percent. He won 49.8 percent in Franklin County, also near Fort Smith and the home base of then U.S. Senator [[Dale Bumpers]]. Clinton prevailed with 338,684 votees (63.4 percent) and won the remaining sixty-nine counties. It was the best showing by a GOP nominee for governor since [[Winthrop Rockefeller]]'s 1970 loss to Bumpers. While Lowe lost to Clinton, Lowe's former congressional rival, outgoing Governor David Pryor, won all seventy-five counties in the U.S. Senate race over the Little Rock [[Moderate Republican]] William Thomas "Tom" Kelly, Jr. (1942-2011).<ref>Arkansas election returns, 1978.</ref>
U.S. Representative [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], the first Arkansas Republican congressman since [[Reconstruction]], was instrumental in helping his friend Lowe to win in Boone County. Hammerschmidt had also been party chairman for a time before and again after his congressional service.<ref name="Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1978"/> He also preceded Lowe as the party's national committeeman. Lowe was a Hammerschmidt donor from 1982 to 1988. He also contributed $1,000 to the Arkansas party organization after he left as chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75502/a_lynn_lowe|title=A. Lynn Lowe from Zip Code 75502|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref>
U.S. Representative [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], the first Arkansas Republican congressman since [[Reconstruction]], was instrumental in helping his friend Lowe to win in Boone County. Hammerschmidt had also been party chairman for a time before and again after his congressional service.<ref name="Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report 1978"/> He also preceded Lowe as the party's national committeeman. Lowe was a Hammerschmidt donor from 1982 to 1988. He also contributed $1,000 to the Arkansas party organization after he left as chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://watchdog.net/contrib/75502/a_lynn_lowe|title=A. Lynn Lowe from Zip Code 75502|publisher=watchdog.net|accessdate=December 27, 2009}}</ref>