What key details about patrick flood can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: patrick s.a. flood -lrb- born september 12 , 1951 -rrb- is an american politician from maine . flood served as a republican state senator from maine 's 21st district , representing part of kennebec county , including hallowell , gardiner and his residence of winthrop . he was first elected to the maine state senate in 2012 after serving from 2004-2012 in the maine house of representatives . in january 2014 , flood announced he would not seek re-election in order to travel with his wife and spend time with his mother . as a member of the house of representatives , flood served from 2010-2012 as the house chairman of the budget-reviewing appropriations committee . in june 2012 , incumbent republican state senator earle mccormick withdrew from the general election after facing an uncontested renomination for district 21 . flood was named his replacement . he defeated democrat former state representative david bustin in the november general election by approximately 300 votes . in 1974 , flood earned a b.s. from the state university of new york college of environmental science and forestry in natural resource management . he began work with international paper in the same year . flood endorsed independent eliot cutler in the 2014 maine gubernatorial election .
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- preceded is earle mccormick- party is republican- state senate is maine- spouse is marjorie flood- district is 21st- term end is 2014- succeeded is earle mccormick- term start is 2012- state is maine- name is patrick flood- birth date is 12 september 1951- birth place is hudson , new york