Republican Dan Evans, who dominated Washington state’s politics as governor and then a senator, died at age 98.
His death was confirmed by his sons, Mark, Bruce, and Dan Evans Jr., on Saturday.
“Dad lived an exceptionally full life,” they said in a statement obtained by the Seattle Times. “Whether serving in public office, working to improve higher education, mentoring aspiring public servants … he just kept signing up for stuff right until the end. He touched a lot of lives. And he did this without sacrificing family.”
He served as Washington’s second-to-last Republican governor from 1965 to 1977, then as its second-to-last Republican senator from 1983 to 1989. He was a domineering figure in the centrist wing of the Republican…
