Only weeks away from the May 8 unassembled Republican convention, gubernatorial candidate Pete Snyder stopped in Nelson County to speak with residents. During the remarks he made to roughly a dozen people gathered at the Lovingston Cafe on Monday, Snyder outlined his priorities if elected, including fully reopening Virginia schools for in-person learning, removing mandates he said are hurting small businesses and protecting civil liberties that were âabsolutely shreddedâ under what he described as the guise of a pandemic. Snyder said he believes he has the âright backbone and the right fightâ in him to get the commonwealth âout of this horrible mess.â He also referenced his six-point plan to restore confidence in election security.