Lynn Snodgrass is an American politician in the US state of Oregon.
21 Facts About Lynn Snodgrass
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Lynn Snodgrass was the first Portland-area Speaker since Vera Katz, whose term in that position ended in 1991.
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Lynn Snodgrass attended Oregon State University, and earned an elementary teaching degree at Portland State University.
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Lynn Snodgrass competed for the Miss Oregon crown in 1969, losing to Margie Elaine Huhta.
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Lynn Snodgrass competed again, and was crowned Miss Oregon in 1971.
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Lynn Snodgrass held a seat on the Damascus school board, and served on Portland's Metro Home Builder Association.
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Lynn Snodgrass was enraged by that and her daughter's increasing class size, and made her first run for the legislature in 1994, which she won.
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Lynn Snodgrass represented District 10, which included her home town of Boring as well as Clackamas, Happy Valley, Damascus, South Gresham, Estacada, and portions of Oregon City.
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Lynn Snodgrass ascended quickly in the ranks of the Oregon House, as a result of the term limits that were in place in the late 1990s.
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Lynn Snodgrass was chosen Republican majority leader for the 1997 session.
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Lynn Snodgrass supported sending the then-recently approved Oregon Death with Dignity Act back to voters, and pushed for a bill to recriminalize marijuana.
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Lynn Snodgrass supported Senate Bill 600, an early version of Measure 37, and a bill requested by the Associated Oregon Industries that would have limited student activity fees for political purposes.
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Lynn Snodgrass led the campaign to send Measure 65 to the voters in 1997.
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Lynn Snodgrass drew support from the Oregon Right to Life PAC and the National Rifle Association of America.
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Lynn Snodgrass is a deeply religious woman, and holds early-morning bible studies in her home.
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Lynn Snodgrass occasionally sang hymns with fellow legislator Margaret Carter.
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Fellow Representative Chris Beck, a Democrat, noted that Lynn Snodgrass was the first Portland-area speaker in over 10 years, and expressed hope that she would rise above partisan politics and help solve the problems of Portland.
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Lynn Snodgrass was noted for strongly supporting an openly gay candidate for the House, Chuck Carpenter, over a more religious and conservative Republican.
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Lynn Snodgrass had a contentious relationship with her predecessor, Lynn Lundquist, over education funding.
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Lynn Snodgrass ran unsuccessfully for Oregon Secretary of State in 2000.
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Lynn Snodgrass currently holds the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center, CEO position.