Jane Haycock Woods (October 10, 1946 – July 18, 2022) was an American educator and Republican politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate from 1992 to 2000, and Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 to 1992.

Biography

She was for many years an elementary teacher with Fairfax County Public Schools.

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In 1999, Woods lost her Senate reelection bid against former U.S. Representative Leslie L. Byrne. In 2002, she was appointed Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources by Democratic Governor Mark Warner, serving in that role until 2006.

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1946 births

2022 deaths

Politicians from Bethesda, Maryland

State cabinet secretaries of Virginia

American University alumni

Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates

Republican Party Virginia state senators

Schoolteachers from Virginia

20th-century American women educators

20th-century American politicians

20th-century American women politicians

21st-century American politicians

21st-century American women politicians

20th-century American educators

Women state legislators in Virginia

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