Herbert S. Snyder (born September 7, 1953 in
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...
) is a former
Democratic member of the
West Virginia Senate
The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature.
There are seventeen senatorial districts. Each district has two senators who serve staggered four-year terms. Although the Democratic Party held a supermajority in the ...
representing
District 16.
Snyder served as a Jefferson County Commissioner from 1990 to 1996, when he was elected to his first term in the State Senate. He was reelected in 2000, defeating future Jefferson County Commissioner Greg Corliss. In 2004, he was defeated in the primary by former
Ranson, West Virginia, Mayor Greg Lance, who went on to lose the November election to
Republican John Yoder.
When Yoder announced he would run for State Circuit Court Judge in 2008, Snyder announced his bid for a third term. He defeated businessman Bob Adams, a Republican, in the November 2008 election.
After being elected to a fourth term in 2012, Snyder expressed interest in running for
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2014.
Snyder is a
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
and operates Hydrochem Labs.
He lives in
Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia, with his wife Stephanie.
The couple has six children, one of whom, Rod Snyder, is a former president of the
Young Democrats of America.
In the 2016 election, Snyder did not run for re-election to the state Senate, instead running unsuccessfully for the office of Jefferson County Clerk.
References
External links
West Virginia Legislature ''official website''you must select District 16 to see Herb Snyder
Elect Snyder Committee ''Reelection website''
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1953 births
21st-century American chemists
Living people
People from Jefferson County, West Virginia
Politicians from Winchester, Virginia
County commissioners in West Virginia
Democratic Party West Virginia state senators
21st-century American politicians
Scientists from Virginia
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