Trip Pittman | |
State Senate: | Alabama |
District: | 32nd |
Term Start: | 2007 |
Term End: | 2018 |
Predecessor: | Bradley Byrne |
Successor: | Thomas Christopher Elliott |
Birth Name: | Lee Pittman |
Birth Date: | 22 June 1960 |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Lynn |
Children: | 3 |
Education: | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa |
Lee "Trip" Pittman[1] (born 1960) is an American politician from the state of Alabama. He was a Republican member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 32nd district.[2]
Pittman was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and his hometown is Montrose.[3] He earned a B.S. in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama in 1982. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon.[4]
He won a special election on October 16, 2007, to replace former Alabama state senator Bradley Byrne. Pittman was re-elected in November 2010. He served as a delegate for the 2012 Ron Paul presidential campaign.[5]
In 2017, Pittman ran in the Republican primary to fill the vacancy for Jeff Sessions' U.S. Senate seat which became vacant when Sessions became United States Attorney General.[6] Pittman did not receive enough votes to enter the run-off election and endorsed former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.[7]
Pittman owns a company that makes and sells tractors in Daphne. He and his wife Lynn have three children. He is a member of the United Methodist Church in Fairhope.