Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

Jim was born in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.  He attended Lexington City Schools and graduated from Wake Forest College and the Wake Forest University School of Law.  He has practiced law in Lexington for 37 years as a general practicing attorney.

Jim is the author of sixteen published books (three are multiple additions), two of these books being legal treaties on Insurance Law and Corporation Law.

Jim has lectured for the Wake Forest University School of Law for a number of years in its continuing Legal Aid Education Programs.

He finished second to Elizabeth Dole in the 2002 U.S. Senate primary and was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor in the 2004 General Election in which he received in excess of 1,400,000 votes.  He is married to Sandra Craver Snyder, they have two daughters, two sons-in-law and six grandchildren, all of whom live in Lexington, North Carolina.

I believe that North Carolina can elect a Republican Governor and Lieutenant Governor in the 2008 General Election.  For too long North Carolina has experienced primarily a one-party system within state government.

I have attempted to set out in my book The Conservative Mind, “A New Model for Government” my ideas based on old ideals to decrease the size of government, lower the rate of public spending, bring education back to set standards which emphasize teaching over testing and which combine processes of government for better economies.

Our Snyder Retirement Security Plan, which provides for investment for every child born in North Carolina, was much acclaimed during the 2004 election cycle.  But, strong leadership is required to complete these lofty goals.