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Republican [[Duane Snow]] was defeated by his opponent [[Liz Palmer]] in the November 5, 2013 for the [[Samuel Miller Magisterial District|Samuel Miller District]] seat on the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]]. <ref name="election2013">{{cite-progress|title=Democrats gain advantage on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/democrats-gain-advantage-on-albemarle-county-board-of-supervisors/article_ad709c32-469c-11e3-947d-0019bb30f31a.html|author=J. Reynolds Hutchins|pageno=|printdate=November 6, 2013|publishdate=November 5, 2013|accessdate=November 5, 2013|cturl=}}</ref>
'''[[Duane Snow]]''' (December 15, 1944 - September 3, 2022) was the operator of a family owned and operated garden store in [[Albemarle County]] as well as a one term Supervisor on the [[Albemarle County Board of Supervisors]] representing the [[Samuel Miller Magisterial District]]. <ref name="death">{{cite-progress|title=Duane Snow, civic leader and gardener known for big heart and big smile, dies|url=https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/duane-snow-civic-leader-and-gardener-known-for-big-heart-and-big-smile-dies/article_a1fdc8a2-2cd4-11ed-bce5-fba6a925ce96.html#tracking-source=home-top-story|author=Hawes Spencer|pageno=|printdate=September 6, 2022|publishdate=September 5, 2022|accessdate=September 5, 2022}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Duane Snow was born in [[Charlottesville]]. Snow’s grandfather founded a "market garden" in 1912 which eventually grew to become [[Snow's Garden Center]].  
Duane Snow was born in [[Charlottesville]]. Snow’s grandfather founded a "market garden" in [[1912]] which eventually grew to become [[Snow's Garden Center]] located in [[Albemarle County]] on [[Avon Street|Avon Street, Extended]].  


In 1970, Duane Snow returned to [[Charlottesville]] to work for the family business after graduating from Brigham Young University in Utah. He retired from the company in 2005. In April 2009, he and his wife Rena completed an 18-month missionary trip to the Philippines. Snow decided to run shortly after his return.
In [[1970]], Duane Snow returned to [[Charlottesville]] to work for the family business after graduating from Brigham Young University in Utah. He retired from the company in 2005. In April [[2009]], he and his wife Rena completed an 18-month missionary trip to the Philippines. Snow decided to run for public office shortly after his return.


Before seeking office, prior public service in the community included a term on the [[Architectural Review Board]], service on the board of the local chapter of the American Heart Association, as well as ten years on the Virginia State Agricultural Council. He also co-hosts a radio show about gardening and landscaping that airs Saturday mornings on [[WINA AM 1070|WINA]].
Before seeking office, prior public service in the community included a term on the [[Architectural Review Board]], membership on the board of the local chapter of the American Heart Association, as well as ten years on the Virginia State Agricultural Council. He also co-hosted "Snow Knows," a radio show about local gardening and landscaping that continues to air Saturday mornings on [[WINA AM 1070|WINA]]. Now hosted by [[Corbin Snow]] and [[Norm Carlson]], it is the station's most listened to weekend program.<ref>https://www.snowknows.com/snow-knows-radio-show/ </ref> On the air since the spring of [[1950]], it is possibly the longest running gardening show produced for radio in the United States.  


{{As of|2011}}, Snow joined the [[MPO Policy Board]].
Snow died after a five and a half year battle with prostrate cancer. <ref name="death" />


==[[2013 election]] for Board of Supervisors==
Snow announced his reelection campaign on Wednesday, [[February 27]], [[2013]]. <ref>{{cite web|title=Snow seeking second term on Albemarle board|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/14167-snow-candidacy/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 27, 2013|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}</ref> Snow had raised $8,369 from January 2010 and May 29, 2013. <ref name="announcement" /> His oppoonent, [[Liz Palmer]], raised $20,461 in campaign contributions between April and May 29, 2013. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Palmer, McKeel lead local candidates in fundraising|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/palmer-mckeel-lead-local-candidates-in-fundraising/article_c82be91e-cfe1-11e2-92b9-0019bb30f31a.html|author=Daily Progress Staff Reports|pageno=|printdate=|publishdate=June 7, 2013|accessdate=June 10, 2013|cturl=}}</ref> That included $2,500 from both the [[Zobrist Law Group]] and Richard M. Hewitt. In the July and August period, Snow raised $13,489 in donations. <ref>{{cite web|title=Local campaigns garner support from political parties, business PAC|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/15983-local-campaign-finance-update/|author=Maggie Ambrose and Brian Wheeler|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=September 22, 2013|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref>


== Contact Information ==
Snow was defeated by his opponent [[Liz Palmer]] in the November 5, 2013 election. <ref name="election2013">{{cite-progress|title=Democrats gain advantage on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/democrats-gain-advantage-on-albemarle-county-board-of-supervisors/article_ad709c32-469c-11e3-947d-0019bb30f31a.html|author=J. Reynolds Hutchins|pageno=|printdate=November 6, 2013|publishdate=November 5, 2013|accessdate=November 5, 2013|cturl=}}</ref>
:Duane E. Snow  
:905 Leigh Way
:Charlottesville, VA 22901
:(434) 284-0825
:[mailto:duanesnow@gmail.com duanesnow@gmail.com]
 
==[[2013 election]] for Board of Supervisors==
Snow announced his reelection campaign on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. <ref>{{cite web|title=Snow seeking second term on Albemarle board|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/14167-snow-candidacy/|author=Sean Tubbs|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=February 27, 2013|accessdate=June 10, 2013}}</ref> Snow had raised $8,369 from January 2010 and May 29, 2013. <ref name="announcement" /> His oppoonent, [[Liz Palmer]], raised $20,461 in campaign contributions between April and May 29, 2013. <ref>{{cite-progress|title=Palmer, McKeel lead local candidates in fundraising|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/palmer-mckeel-lead-local-candidates-in-fundraising/article_c82be91e-cfe1-11e2-92b9-0019bb30f31a.html|author=Daily Progress Staff Reports|pageno=|printdate=|publishdate=June 7, 2013|accessdate=June 10, 2013|cturl=}}</ref> That included $2,500 from both the [[Zobrist Law Group]] and Richard M. Hewitt. In the July and August period, Snow raised $13,489 in donations. <ref>{{cite web|title=Local campaigns garner support from political parties, business PAC|url=http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/news/article/15983-local-campaign-finance-update/|author=Maggie Ambrose and Brian Wheeler|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Tomorrow|location=|publishdate=September 22, 2013|accessdate=October 3, 2013}}</ref>


Palmer defeated Snow in the November 2013 election. <ref name="election2013" />
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Snow announced his candidacy on the steps of the [[Albemarle County Office Building]] on May 21, 2009.<ref name=ctannounce>[http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/05/snow_announcement.html 'Duane Snow announces campaign for Albemarle Board of Supervisors'], 21 May 2009. Charlottesville Tomorrow. 21 May 2009</ref>  He won the Republican nomination over Dr. [[Philip Melita]] at the [[Albemarle County Republican Party]]'s caucus on May 26, 2009.  
Snow announced his candidacy on the steps of the [[Albemarle County Office Building]] on May 21, 2009.<ref name=ctannounce>[http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2009/05/snow_announcement.html 'Duane Snow announces campaign for Albemarle Board of Supervisors'], 21 May 2009. Charlottesville Tomorrow. 21 May 2009</ref>  He won the Republican nomination over Dr. [[Philip Melita]] at the [[Albemarle County Republican Party]]'s caucus on May 26, 2009.  


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Latest revision as of 17:58, 17 November 2022

Duane Snow
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Duane Snow (R-Samuel Miller)

District Samuel Miller District
Party Republican
Election Nov. 5, 2013
For term to start January 2014
Term End December 2017

District Samuel Miller District
Term Start 2010
Preceded by Sally Thomas
Succeeded by Liz Palmer

Former Member, Albemarle County
Architectural Review Board

Biographical Information

Date of birth December 15, 1944
Age 79
Date of death September 3, 2022
Place of birth Charlottesville, VA
Spouse Rena Snow
Children Five children
Twelve grandchildren[1]
Residence Ivy, Virginia
Alma mater Brigham Young University
Profession Retired Landscape Designer
Snow's Landscape & Garden Center[1]
Website campaign website
Campaign $ VPAP database

Duane Snow (December 15, 1944 - September 3, 2022) was the operator of a family owned and operated garden store in Albemarle County as well as a one term Supervisor on the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors representing the Samuel Miller Magisterial District. [2]

Biography

Duane Snow was born in Charlottesville. Snow’s grandfather founded a "market garden" in 1912 which eventually grew to become Snow's Garden Center located in Albemarle County on Avon Street, Extended.

In 1970, Duane Snow returned to Charlottesville to work for the family business after graduating from Brigham Young University in Utah. He retired from the company in 2005. In April 2009, he and his wife Rena completed an 18-month missionary trip to the Philippines. Snow decided to run for public office shortly after his return.

Before seeking office, prior public service in the community included a term on the Architectural Review Board, membership on the board of the local chapter of the American Heart Association, as well as ten years on the Virginia State Agricultural Council. He also co-hosted "Snow Knows," a radio show about local gardening and landscaping that continues to air Saturday mornings on WINA. Now hosted by Corbin Snow and Norm Carlson, it is the station's most listened to weekend program.[3] On the air since the spring of 1950, it is possibly the longest running gardening show produced for radio in the United States.

Snow died after a five and a half year battle with prostrate cancer. [2]

2013 election for Board of Supervisors

Snow announced his reelection campaign on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. [4] Snow had raised $8,369 from January 2010 and May 29, 2013. [5] His oppoonent, Liz Palmer, raised $20,461 in campaign contributions between April and May 29, 2013. [6] That included $2,500 from both the Zobrist Law Group and Richard M. Hewitt. In the July and August period, Snow raised $13,489 in donations. [7]

Snow was defeated by his opponent Liz Palmer in the November 5, 2013 election. [8]


Candidates Votes %
Liz Palmer (D) (winner) 3,715 56.62
Duane Snow (R) 2,841 43.30
Write-In 5 0.08
Source: State Board of Elections[9]
Candidate Profile Resources
Candidate Duane E. Snow (R)
Office Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Samuel Miller District
Election year 2013 election
Logo-small25.jpg Candidate interviews by Charlottesville Tomorrow
Candidate interview transcript
Candidate interview audio

<mp3player>http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/20130926-Snow-interview.MP3</mp3player>
Source website


Audio of campaign announcement

<play audio>http://s3.amazonaws.com/cville/cm%2Fmutlimedia%2F20130227-snow-announcement.mp3 </play audio>


Audio of October 1 Charlottesville Tomorrow/Daily Progress campaign forum

<play audio>http://s3.amazonaws.com/cville/cm%2Fmutlimedia%2F20131001-Samuel-Miller-District-forum.mp3 </play audio>


2009 election for Board of Supervisors

Candidates Votes %
Duane Snow (R) 2,275 44.82
Madison Cummings (D) 2,011 39.62
John Lowry (I) 784 15.45
Write-In 6 0.12
Source: Albemarle County[10].

Overall voter turnout for Albemarle County in this election was 46.7%[11].

Candidate Profile Resources
Candidate Duane Snow (R) - Challenger * WINNER
Office Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Samuel Miller District
Election year 2009 election
Logo-small25.jpg Candidate interviews by Charlottesville Tomorrow
Candidate interview transcript
Candidate interview audio

<mp3player>http://www.cvillepedia.org/mediawiki/images/20090904-snow-interview.mp3</mp3player>
Source website

Candidate forums:
  1. Albemarle Supervisor candidate forum, Samuel Miller, 2009 September 30
  2. Albemarle Supervisor candidate forum, 2009 October 15
  3. Albemarle Supervisor candidate forum, 2009 October 22 (1 of 2)
  4. Albemarle Supervisor candidate forum, 2009 October 22 (2 of 2)


Snow announced his candidacy on the steps of the Albemarle County Office Building on May 21, 2009.[12] He won the Republican nomination over Dr. Philip Melita at the Albemarle County Republican Party's caucus on May 26, 2009.

Campaign announcement

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References

Template:Relist

External Links

campaign website

  1. 1.0 1.1 Candidate Submissions to Charlottesville Tomorrow
  2. 2.0 2.1 Web. Duane Snow, civic leader and gardener known for big heart and big smile, dies, Hawes Spencer, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, September 5, 2022, retrieved September 5, 2022.
  3. https://www.snowknows.com/snow-knows-radio-show/
  4. Web. Snow seeking second term on Albemarle board, Sean Tubbs, Charlottesville Tomorrow, February 27, 2013, retrieved June 10, 2013.
  5. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named announcement
  6. Web. Palmer, McKeel lead local candidates in fundraising, Daily Progress Staff Reports, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, June 7, 2013, retrieved June 10, 2013.
  7. Web. Local campaigns garner support from political parties, business PAC, Maggie Ambrose and Brian Wheeler, Charlottesville Tomorrow, September 22, 2013, retrieved October 3, 2013.
  8. Web. Democrats gain advantage on Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, J. Reynolds Hutchins, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, November 5, 2013, retrieved November 5, 2013.
  9. Web. My County/City>Albemarle County, Virginia State Board of Elections, retrieved November 11, 2013.
  10. Official Results November 3, 2009 General Election. Schermerhorn, Clarice, Elections Manager, Albemarle County. "Official results." 12 Nov. 2009. E-mail to Charlottesville Tomorrow.
  11. Official Results November 3, 2009 General Election. Schermerhorn, Clarice, Elections Manager, Albemarle County. "Official results." 12 Nov. 2009. E-mail to Charlottesville Tomorrow.
  12. 'Duane Snow announces campaign for Albemarle Board of Supervisors', 21 May 2009. Charlottesville Tomorrow. 21 May 2009