Lee Alyson Snodgrass was born on February 9,1969 and is an American communications consultant, campaign organizer, and Democratic politician from Appleton, Wisconsin.
16 Facts About Lee Snodgrass
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Lee Snodgrass is a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 52nd Assembly district since 2025; she previously represented the 57th Assembly district from 2021 to 2025.
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In 1995, they returned to Wisconsin to reside at Appleton, where Lee Snodgrass was employed at the Fox River Paper Company as a marketing and communications assistant.
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Lee Snodgrass got involved in politics long before running for office and continued through her career.
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Lee Snodgrass worked as a volunteer on the presidential campaigns of John Kerry, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton, and worked on the Wisconsin State Assembly campaigns of Appleton assemblymembers Penny Bernard Schaber and Amanda Stuck.
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In 2024, upon the passing of former Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice, David Prosser Jr from cancer, Lee Snodgrass created a controversy by attacking the late Justice.
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Lee Snodgrass was endorsed before the primary by EMILY's List and built a 10-to-1 cash advantage over Grady.
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Lee Snodgrass questioned the $3,000,000,000 in tax credits promised to the company, which, she said, had a "history of broken contracts and human rights violations," and pointed out that the company, Foxconn, had already downgraded their commitment to job creation that would come with the project.
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Lee Snodgrass criticized the Republican legislature for raiding state highway funds to build the desired infrastructure around the Foxconn project, and noted that these policies would lead to rising costs and degraded infrastructure for the rest of the state.
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Lee Snodgrass pointed to the environmental impacts of the Foxconn project, and the violation of the Great Lakes Compact between the great lakes states.
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Lee Snodgrass called for a repeal of the highly controversial 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 law, which had removed collective bargaining rights from public sector unions and, she claimed, led to a teacher shortage in the state.
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Lee Snodgrass pledged that, if elected, she would push the state to accept federal funds for Medicaid expansion as provided for under the Affordable Care Act.
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On other issues, Lee Snodgrass supported increased state funding for public education, infrastructure projects, and financial aide for students of the University of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Technical Colleges.
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Lee Snodgrass endorsed immediate legalization of medical marijuana with a plan to put full legalization of cannabis to a public referendum in the future.
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Lee Snodgrass criticized Roth over a bill he had authored and then pulled from consideration in the last legislative session.
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Also in 2019, Lee Snodgrass was approached by incumbent Appleton state representative Amanda Stuck to discuss her plans for 2020.