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He then moved to [[suburb]]an Oldham County and in 1966 mounted a successful campaign for the 4th congressional district by unseating 11-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] representative Frank Leslie Chelf (1907–1982). Back in Congress, he voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which forbids racial discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>   

He then moved to [[suburb]]an Oldham County and in 1966 mounted a successful campaign for the 4th congressional district by unseating 11-term [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] representative Frank Leslie Chelf (1907–1982). Back in Congress, he voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which forbids racial discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>   

By that time, the 4th district was rapidly trending Republican because of an influx of new residents from [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The district absorbed most of the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati metro area in the 1960s round of redistricting. He took full advantage of this trend and defeated Chelf by eight points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=150035 KY District 4 Race - Nov 08, 1966]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Until 1984, he was re-elected. However, he faced a strong Democratic opponent to the seat from attorney W. Patrick "Pat" Mulloy, Jr., who almost won despite the [[Ronald Reagan]] presidential landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16501 Candidate - M. Gene Snyder]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek his own eleventh term in the House.<ref>November 28, 1986. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/us/ohio-river-bridge-causes-a-dispute.html OHIO RIVER BRIDGE CAUSES A DISPUTE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref>

By that time, the 4th district was rapidly trending Republican because of an influx of new residents from [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The district absorbed most of the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati metro area in the 1960s round of redistricting. He took full advantage of this trend and defeated Chelf by eight points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=150035 KY District 4 Race - Nov 08, 1966]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Until 1984, he was re-elected. However, he faced a strong Democratic opponent to the seat from attorney W. Patrick "Pat" Mulloy, Jr., who almost won despite the [[Ronald Reagan]] presidential landslide.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=16501 Candidate - M. Gene Snyder]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek an eleventh term in the House.<ref>November 28, 1986. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/28/us/ohio-river-bridge-causes-a-dispute.html OHIO RIVER BRIDGE CAUSES A DISPUTE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 6, 2021.</ref>

The seat then went to the Republican [[Jim Bunning]], a former Major League Baseball player, who in 1983 had been the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee against Democrat Martha Layne Collins (born 1936). Bunning was later elected to the state's Class III Senate seat, a post currently held by [[Rand Paul]].

The seat then went to the Republican [[Jim Bunning]], a former Major League Baseball player, who in 1983 had been the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee against Democrat Martha Layne Collins (born 1936). Bunning was later elected to the state's Class III Senate seat, a post currently held by [[Rand Paul]].