Peter Edgecomb is an American politician from

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. Edgecomb represented District 1 in the

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. He previously represented District 4 in the Maine House of Representatives, which was part of Aroostook County. He resides in the city of Caribou. He is a

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and was first elected to the House in 2004. He was re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010 and was unable to run again for re-election in 2012 due to

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s.Peter Edgecomb bio
Maine.gov In 2014, Edgecomb was elected to the Senate from District 1. He announced he would not run for re-election in 2016. Edgecomb graduated from the

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in Orono in 1963. He later earned an M.A. in education at the

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and was a teacher and principal. From 2010 to 2012, Edgecomb was co-chairman of the Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Joint Standing Committee. His grandson Anthony "A.J." Edgecomb at age 21 became a member of Maine's House of Representatives 127th Maine Legislature. He became the youngest member of Maine's House of Representatives for Maine District 148.mehousegop.org AJ Edgecomb/
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