Lee Alyson Snodgrass (born February 9, 1969) is an American communications consultant, campaign organizer, and Democratic politician from Appleton, Wisconsin.
[1] Her father's work with James River Paper brought her family to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Preble High School in 1987.
[2] In 1995, they returned to Wisconsin to reside at Appleton, where Snodgrass was employed at the Fox River Paper Company as a marketing and communications assistant.
[5] The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee targeted her race for funding from the national party organization.
[6] Another Appleton Democrat, Outagamie County Supervisor Dan Grady, also sought to challenge Roth in 2018, setting up a primary.
[7][8] Snodgrass prevailed in the August primary with 64% of the vote, and went on to face Roth in the November general election.
[11] She also called for a repeal of the highly controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 law, which had removed collective bargaining rights from public sector unions and, she claimed, led to a teacher shortage in the state.
[11] Snodgrass also frequently stated that the number one issue for voters she spoke to was health care, with concerns about losing coverage for pre-existing conditions, unaffordable prescription drugs, and expensive insurance plans.
She pledged that, if elected, she would push the state to accept federal funds for Medicaid expansion as provided for under the Affordable Care Act.
She alleged that he pulled the bill as a bow to lobbying from Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, a major conservative political action committee in the state.
"[16] Also in 2019, Snodgrass was approached by incumbent Appleton state representative Amanda Stuck to discuss her plans for 2020.