Patrick James Snyder (born October 10, 1956) is an American Republican politician and former radio host from Schofield, Wisconsin.
He also previously served as a member of the Schofield City Council, and worked as a legislative aide to U.S. Representative Sean Duffy.
The 85th district was one of the closest general election races in the state that year, but Snyder fell 900 votes short, receiving 46.5% to Wright's 49.7%.
[3][2] While working for Duffy, Snyder ran for Schofield City Council in April 2015, challenging 16-year incumbent Jim DeBauchen.
In January 2016, incumbent state representative Dave Heaton, who had defeated Mandy Wright in the 2014 election, announced he would not run for re-election.
[7] Snyder entered the race to succeed him in the Assembly; he again faced no opposition in the primary[8] and a general election rematch with Mandy Wright, who was seeking to return to office.
This time Snyder prevailed by a healthy margin, boosted by rural turnout for Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump.
In the general election, Snyder faces Democratic county supervisor Yee Leng Xiong, a leader in Wausau's Hmong community.