Dan Evans, Former Republican Governor and US Senator, Dies at 98

Dan Evans, Former Republican Governor and US Senator, Dies at 98
Former Gov. Dan Evans sits in the Washington state Senate chamber in Olympia, Wash., on Jan. 14, 2015. Rachel La Corte/AP Photo
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SEATTLE—Dan Evans, a popular three-term Republican governor of Washington state who went on to serve in the U.S. Senate before leaving in frustration because he felt the chamber was too rancorous and tedious, has died. He was 98.

Evans died Friday, according to the University of Washington, where he had served as a regent and where the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance bears his name.