Chandler Woodcock
Chandler Woodcock | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 18th district | |
| In office 2004–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Sharon Treat |
| Succeeded by | Walter Gooley |
| Member of the Maine Senate from the 17th district | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Benoit |
| Succeeded by | John Nutting |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mechanic Falls, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of Maine, Farmington (BA) |
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.