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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|Democratic]] 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.}}</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|Democratic]] 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.}}</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 almost eight points. 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. Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek his own eleventh term in the House. 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.
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 almost eight points. 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. Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek his own eleventh term in the House. 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).
An expressway, the federal courthouse in Louisville, and a general aviation airport near Falmouth, Kentucky, are named in Snyder's honor.<ref>Marion Eugene “Gene” Snyder (1928-2007) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 9, 2021.</ref>
An expressway, the federal courthouse in Louisville, and a general aviation airport near Falmouth, Kentucky, are named in Snyder's honor.<ref>Marion Eugene “Gene” Snyder (1928-2007) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 9, 2021.</ref>