Trip Pittman
Member of the Alabama Senate
from the 32nd district
Assumed office
2007
Preceded byBradley Byrne
Succeeded byThomas Christopher Elliott
Personal details
Born
Lee Pittman

(1960-06-22) June 22, 1960
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLynn
Children3
EducationUniversity of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa (BS)

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]

Early life and education

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]

Political career

He won a special election on October 16, 2007, to replace former Alabama state senator Bradley Byrne. Pittman was re-elected in November 2010.[4] 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]

Personal life

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.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Commission Members". Bc.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Trip Pittman Political Profile". Bama Politics. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  3. 1 2 "Trip Pittman". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Sen. Pittman, Lee Trip". Alabama Legislature. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Five Names to Know in Alabama 01 - NationalJournal.com". Archived from the original on 2013-06-08. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  6. ↑ "Alabama State Senator Trip Pittman announces run for U.S. Senate". al.com. 18 May 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Trip Pittman endorses Roy Moore in Alabama senate race". al.com. 26 August 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2017.


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