He represented Senate District 15 which encompassed most of Larimer County outside of Fort Collins.

[1] He has been a Colorado resident since the 1990s[citation needed] and obtained his Bachelor of Science[citation needed] in Finance from Colorado State University and an MBA with concentration in finance from DePaul University.

[citation needed] Woodward and his wife, Paula, have been married since 1991, and have three children: Andrew, Allie and Kate.

Woodward owns 28 Subway franchises in Northern Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska,[4] and manages over 450 employees.

[6] Before Senator Kevin Lundberg’s departure from the State Senate due to term limits, Rob Woodward declared his candidacy as a Republican, citing a "general lack of progress and lack of non-Denver sway as a reason for jumping in.