From 1965 to 1966, he became the chief of staff for Congressman Charles Weltner, and after holding this post for two years, he resigned to become a private attorney. From 1974 to 1976, he served as president of the Atlanta City Council, and he used this position as a stepping stone to the House.
In 1986, as a U.S. Representative, Fowler narrowly defeated the incumbent Republican Senator Mack Mattingly. Fowler served as the junior senator from Georgia. Fowler's voting record was liberal on social concerns and moderate on economic and national security issues.[citation needed]
On October 15, 1991, Fowler was one of eleven Democrats who voted to confirm the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 52 to 48 vote,[2] the narrowest margin of approval in more than a century.[3]
He unexpectedly lost his re-election bid in 1992 to Georgia state Senator Paul Coverdell (who would later become leader of the state's Republican party). Fowler won a small plurality of the vote against Coverdell on general election night 1992, but Georgia law requires a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest vote totals if no one candidate receives over 50 percent (a majority) of the total vote, and a Libertarian Party candidate received enough votes to keep Fowler's total below 50 percent-plus-one. In the runoff on November 24, 1992, Coverdell upset Fowler by a narrow margin.[4]
Fowler has been married at least twice. His second marriage in 1990 was to Donna Hulsizer, then the issues director for People for the American Way.[8] He has a daughter and a son.[9][10]
^Graham, Keith (June 28, 2001). "A bridge between two worlds Wyche Fowler balanced the fight against terrorism with tactful diplomacy in the Middle East, and his ties to the region continue". The Atlanta Constitution. p. B1.
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