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,

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.

Dan Evans, a Republican Washington state governor who later served in the U.S. Senate, has died at age 98; he was the only person to be elected as governor three times until current Gov. Jay Inslee.