Chandler E. Woodcock is an American politician from Maine. Woodcock
served as a Republican State Senator from Franklin County from 2000 to
2006. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Maine 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 John Baldacci, the
Democratic incumbent in the November 7 election. In 2011, Republican
Governor Paul LePage nominated Woodcock to be Maine's Commissioner of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and he took office in the spring of
that year.Woodcock was born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and grew up in
Farmington, to a father who worked as a manager at the Forster
Manufacturing Company and served in the Army Air Corps in World War
II, and a mother who served as a United States Marine in World War
II.Woodcock enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school,
and served a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. After returning
home, he earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from the
University of Maine at Farmington and went on to teach high school 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.
served as a Republican State Senator from Franklin County from 2000 to
2006. He was the Republican candidate for Governor of Maine 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 John Baldacci, the
Democratic incumbent in the November 7 election. In 2011, Republican
Governor Paul LePage nominated Woodcock to be Maine's Commissioner of
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, and he took office in the spring of
that year.Woodcock was born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and grew up in
Farmington, to a father who worked as a manager at the Forster
Manufacturing Company and served in the Army Air Corps in World War
II, and a mother who served as a United States Marine in World War
II.Woodcock enlisted in the Army after graduating from high school,
and served a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. After returning
home, he earned a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from the
University of Maine at Farmington and went on to teach high school 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.
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