Snyder won’t seek re-election

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LITTLE ROCK — U.S. Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Little Rock, announced today he will not seek re-election this year.

Snyder, 62, said in a prepared statement he decided not to run because he wants to spend more time with his family. He and his wife, Betsy, have a 3-year-old son and 1-year-old triplet boys.

“It is the greatest professional honor of my life to represent Arkansas in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I am so grateful to the people of Arkansas to have had this wonderful opportunity. That honor will now pass to someone else at the conclusion of this term,” Snyder said.

Snyder said he hired a campaign manager two weeks ago but later changed his mind about running. He said he did not know what he would do next.

“I have put very little thought into what the work side of my life will look like at the end of this term, although it is clear from observing how much our four little boys eat that I will be working for a long, long time,” he said.

A doctor, lawyer and Vietnam veteran, Snyder was a state senator when he was first elected to Congress in 1996 to represent the 2nd District of Central Arkansas. He has comfortably won re-election over the years, though rarely in a landslide.

http://arkansasnews.com/2010/01/15/breaking-news-snyder-wont-seek-re-election/