Dustin Rowe (born September 23, 1975) is an American attorney from

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who has served as a justice of the

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since 2019. He is a former city attorney and one-time city councilman. From 1994 to 1999, he was

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of Tishomingo, a city of about 3,000 people in the

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Education

Rowe earned his

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with honors from

East Central University East Central University (ECU or East Central) is a public university in Ada, Oklahoma. It is part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Beyond its flagship campus in Ada, the university has courses available in McAlester, Shawnee, and Duran ...

in 1998 and his

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from the

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where he was named a Lee B. Thompson Scholar in 2001

Career

In October 1993, upon the resignation of a city councilor, Rowe was appointed to the

Tishomingo, Oklahoma Tishomingo is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 3,101 as of the 2020 census, an increase of 2.2% over the population of 3,034 reported at the 2010 census. It was the fir ...

city council at the age of 18 while still a junior in high school. He was elected to the council in April 1994 and then the city council elected him mayor. He became the youngest mayor in Oklahoma history making him one of the youngest mayors in

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history. He served as mayor for two terms. He was the city attorney for Tishomingo, and was a judge with the

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Potential congressional run in 2012

In 2011, Rowe formed an

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to decide whether to run for

Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district is one of five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma and covers approximately one-fourth of the state in the east. The district borders Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas and includes (in who ...

after sitting Congressman

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(D-Muskogee) announced his retirement in the 2012 election. Rowe's 2012 run was unsuccessful, as he finished in fourth place with only 10 percent of the vote.

Appointment to Oklahoma Supreme Court

On November 20, 2019, Governor

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appointed Rowe to the

to fill the vacancy left by Patrick Wyrick who was confirmed as a federal district court judge.

References

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Education

Career

Potential congressional run in 2012

Appointment to Oklahoma Supreme Court

See also

References