Meet Pete Snyder: One of Seven Republicans Running for Lieutenant Governor
Snyder spoke to a Republican Club in Springfield this week.
Tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder, founer of Arlington-based New Media Strategies, is in a crowded race for the GOP's nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia. With seven Republican candidates vying for the nomination and at least two Democrats running — state Sen. Ralph Northam and Arlington's Aneesh Chopra, the former U.S. Chief Technology Officer — it could make for an interesting down-ballot race. "I want to rein in the size and scope of government," Snyder told a Republican group in Springfield earlier this month. "You hear politicians talk about this all the time as budgets continue to rise. And when you look over the past 20 years, budgets in Richmond have grown by over 400 percent. The population of Virginia has only grown by 40…
