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Snyder remains untapped By ROB CHRISTENSEN, Staff Writer For Republican Jim Snyder, the White House's decision to back U.S. Rep. Richard Burr for the U.S. Senate in 2004 looks like a case of deja vu. When he sought the Republican nomination for the Senate in September, Snyder, a Lexington lawyer, found himself running against not only Elizabeth Dole but the full power of the Bush administration and the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Snyder finished a distant second to Dole with 14 percent of the vote. He's now exploring a second possible Senate bid in 2004. But he may once again...

By ROB CHRISTENSEN AND JOHN WAGNER, Staff Writers Jim Snyder, the Lexington lawyer who lost the GOP primary to Elizabeth Dole, is beginning to set his sights on Democratic Sen. John Edwards. Snyder plans to send an e-mail letter to 40,000 Republicans next week, testing the waters for a Senate bid in 2004. "I believe John Edwards can be defeated," Snyder said. Snyder said he has also received encouragement to run against Democratic Gov. Mike Easley in 2002, but he said his strongest interest is in the Senate. Snyder said he hopes to decide by April on whether he...