Rowe earned his Bachelor of Arts with honors from East Central University in 1998 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law where he was named a Lee B. Thompson Scholar in 2001[1] In October 1993, upon the resignation of a city councilor, Rowe was appointed to the Tishomingo, Oklahoma city council at the age of 18 while still a junior in high school.
He was the city attorney for Tishomingo,[3] and was a judge with the Chickasaw Nation.
[4] In 2011, Rowe formed an exploratory committee to decide whether to run for Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district after sitting Congressman Dan Boren (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.
[5] On November 20, 2019, Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Rowe to the Oklahoma Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by Patrick Wyrick who was confirmed as a federal district court judge.