[1] Chandler attended American University, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and his Master of Public Administration.

[citation needed] In 2011, he interned for Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and served as a Page in the Maryland General Assembly.

[citation needed] From 2011-2012 he was a Political/Coalitions intern with the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign and then served as director of the Kennedy Political Union Lecture Series until 2014.

[citation needed] In 2016 he served two terms as Northeast Regional Vice Chairman of the College Republicans.

[4] Notably, during his last months in office, some College Republicans, including Ty Seymour who served as National Treasurer under Thornton, made accusations of corruption and meddling in the election of his successor.