Chandler E. Woodcock is an American politician from

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. Woodcock served as a

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State Senator from Franklin County from 2000 to 2006. He was the Republican candidate for

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in 2006. He won a close primary election by 3% on June 13, 2006, against David F. Emery and Peter Mills. He lost to Governor

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, the Democratic incumbent in the November 7 election. In 2011, Republican Governor

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nominated Woodcock to be Maine's Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and he took office in the spring of that year.

Biography

Woodcock was born in

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, and grew up in

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, to a father who worked as a manager at the Forster Manufacturing Company and served in the

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, and a mother who served as a

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in World War II. Woodcock enlisted in the

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after graduating from high school, and served a tour of duty during the

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. After returning home, he earned a

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from the

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and went on to teach

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in the public school system for the next 25 years, teaching at Livermore Falls High School, Mt. Blue High School, and Skowhegan Area High School. He also served as basketball coach at each school and led the Mount Blue High School girls' varsity basketball team to two Class A state championships. Woodcock previously served for five years on the Board of Selectmen in Farmington (one year as Chairman of the Board), before being elected to the state Senate. During his first term, he served on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee and the Legal and Veterans' Affairs Committee; during his second term, he served as Assistant Senate Republican Leader and on the Judiciary Committee. Woodcock made a bid for the Governorship of Maine in 2006 but was defeated by incumbent John Baldacci. Woodcock ran as a publicly financed Clean Elections candidate. In January, 2009, he became the executive director of the Maine Harness Horsemen's Association. He is also the co-host (with State Representative

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of Wilton of a

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talk show on Mount Blue Community Access TV called "Talkin Maine With the Bow Tie Boys"; both Woodcock and Saviello are known locally for wearing bow ties."Talkin Maine" Vimeo video page: http://vimeo.com/groups/32458/videos Woodcock is married to his wife Charlotte with whom he has three daughters and a son.

Electoral history

References

External links

* http://www.woodcockforgovernor.com * http://www.myspace.com/woodcockforgovernor * https://web.archive.org/web/20060714094245/http://www.bangordailynews.com/election/2006_primary/ * http://www.bangordailynews.com/news/templates/?a=135778 * http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=36930 {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodcock, Chandler E. American television talk show hosts Schoolteachers from Maine LePage Administration cabinet members Living people Republican Party Maine state senators People from Farmington, Maine People from Mechanic Falls, Maine University of Maine at Farmington alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American politicians