Pedigo to run for Congress

Alan Pedigo announces his candidacy for Tennesseess?s 4th District Congressional seat on the steps of the Maury County Cokurthouse in Columbia on March 18.

He discussed the necessity of reducing government spending, halting the flow of illegal immigrants across the nation?s borders, and reforming entitlement programs.

He also called on his Democratic opponent to join him in refusing to accept campaign contributions from special interest political action committees (PACs) and in vowing to raise the majority of campaign funds from within the 4th District.

Pedigo was joined on the podium by state Sen. Bill Ketron and by state Reps. Tom Dubois, Joey Hensley, and William Baird, and by Maury County Republican Party chairman Wally Beasley.

Pedigo, who resides in Columbia, is a former Marine sergeant, and a civil engineer. He and his wife, Catherine, have a daughter, Erin, who is attending college in Ohio. They are members of Rocky Mound Missionary Baptist Church.