Dan Evans, governor, U.S. senator, dies at 98

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Daniel J. Evans, a moderate Republican who dominated Washington state politics as a three-term governor and a U.S. senator and who was repeatedly considered for the vice presidency, died Friday night at his home in Seattle, about five blocks from where he grew up. He was 98.

His son Dan Evans Jr. confirmed the death.

Descended from seafarers who founded a Puget Sound shipping business in the 19th century, Evans championed education, civil rights and environmental causes as Washington’s 16th governor from 1965-77. He served in the Senate, with some frustration, from 1983-89.

He was a mountain climber and skier, a master yachtsman, an eloquent speaker and, in his first term as governor, a fresh face in national politics at a time when Republicans were reeling from Sen. Barry Goldwater’s crushing defeat in the 1964 presidential election.

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/dan-evans-governor-u-s-senator-dies-at-98/

Evans would be considered a RINO these days.

[Botany]

1. Wow I didn't know he was still alive. He was a friend of my late father.

And like Ray Shafer of Pennsylvania he was a good guy and a republican too.

Mark Hatfield and Dan Evans were solid people.

[RainCaster]

2. I had forgotten that he was a Republican

One of the honest ones.