Accessing controls within a FormView and Panel

This is probably easy but I can't figure it out (newbie).  I have a Drop down list that's located within a FormView and within a panel.  When I try to access the control from the code behind page, it doesn't recognize it.  I'm assuming it's because it's within other controls.  I'm not sure what the proper way is to access it.  

Thanks for your help in advance!

Here is my asp.net code:
<asp:FormView
    id="frmCreateDist"
    DataSourceID = "srcCreateDist"
    DefaultMode = "Insert"
    Runat="server">
    <InsertItemTemplate>
    
    <asp:Panel 
        ID="Panel1" 
        GroupingText="Create Dist"
        runat="server">

        <br />

        <asp:DropDownList 
            ID="ddlStateList" 
            runat="server"/>


    </asp:Panel>
   </InsertItemTemplate>
</asp:FormView>



Here is my code behind page.  ddlStateList is unrecognizable:


    Private Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        ddlStateList.DataSource = StateManager.getStates()
        ddlStateList.DataTextField = "FullAndAbbrev"
        ddlStateList.DataValueField = "Name"
        ddlStateList.DataBind()
    End Sub

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