Lowe Finney graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; he obtained a JD at Saint Louis University School of Law.
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Lowe Finney taught as an instructor at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee and as an instructor at Lambuth University in Jackson.
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Lowe Finney taught Civil Rights and Business Law and Ethics.
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Lowe Finney was first elected to the state senate in 2006, having won against Republican incumbent Don McLeary by 456 votes.
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Lowe Finney served as the Secretary and Treasurer of the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Vice-Chair of the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
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Senator Finney was a member of the Environment, Conservation, and Tourism; Government Operations; and Joint Lottery Oversight Committees.
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In 2010, Lowe Finney ran for re-election and, again, defeated McLeary in a close race.
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On July 31,2013, Lowe Finney announced in an email to supporters that he would not seek a third term in the State Senate.
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Lowe Finney finished second in the balloting with 4,757 votes.
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Lowe Finney has suggested that Tennessee have a State Department of Aging with a Cabinet-level administrator to run it, in order to deal with the growing senior population that is expected to double within the next 15 years.