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

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, which was part of Aroostook County. He resides in the city of

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. He is a Republican 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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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Caribou, Maine Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives University of Maine alumni University of New Hampshire alumni American school administrators 21st-century members of the Maine Legislature {{Maine-MERepresentative-stub