Dan Evans, for­mer Repub­li­can Wash­ing­ton state gov­er­nor, US sen­a­tor, dies at 98

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.FERGUSON WINS PRIMARY, ADVANCES TO GENERAL ELECTION IN WASHINGTON GUBERNATORIAL RACE“Dan Evans was an hon­or­able, inde­pen­dent-mind­ed pub­lic ser­vant who put Wash­ing­ton state first and ded­i­cat­ed his l …