William David Lowery is an American politician and lobbyist from California.
Background
Bill Lowery was born May 2, 1947, in San Diego, California. His father was a small businessman owning and operating a hardware store. His father died when Bill was nine years old, leaving Bill"s mother to struggle to keep the family together.
Education
He attended San Diego State University. Bill was active in politics from the time he first attended college where he was involved in student politics on the conservative side, arranging peaceful demonstrations on behalf of free speech on campus for American corporations and the right for Reserve Officers Training Corps to recruit on campus, among other causes.
Career
A Republican, he served in the United States. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1993. He worked as National Youth Director for President Ford"s campaign, and was a political operative for the California Republican Party. Lowery was elected to the San Diego in 1977 at the age of 30.
He also was particularly supportive of efforts on behalf of Mission Bay Park.
He was elected by his colleagues to the post of Deputy Mayor in 1980. In 1980, Lowery was elected to from California"s 41st congressional district, which included most of San Diego, after 28-year incumbent Bob Wilson retired.
Lowery, who started the campaign 27 points behind his opponent but finished 10 points ahead, proved to be very popular as congressman. He was reelected five times with little difficulty.
Lowery focused his efforts in on improving San Diego.
He was a major opponent of off-shore oil drilling, a major supporter of the reclamation of waste water and the Otay Mesa border crossing. In the redistricting after the 1990 Census, Lowery was moved into the district of a fellow Republican, Duke Cunningham. Not wishing to endure a primary, Lowery dropped out.
Cunningham was elected, and ultimately became the center of a multimillion-dollar bribery scandal a decade later and was forced to resign after pleading guilty to bribery in 2005.
Since leaving, Lowery has worked as a lobbyist in Washington, District of Columbia He specializes in adding "earmarks" into appropriation bills for his clients.
Lowery, his firm, and clients have donated 37% of Lewis" $1.3 million Public Affairs Committee income in the past six years. Lowery owns two homes, a townhouse on Capitol Hill, and a 14-acre (006 km²) waterfront property in King William County, Virginia.