Career
Since January, 2004, Pittman has been a Constituent Services/Special Project Consultant on Governor Haley Barbour"s staff In 2003, Pittman served as the statewide sign coordinator for the Barbour campaign. In 2002, he was a campaign staff member for Congressman Chip Pickering.
In 1982, Pittman ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary against Senator John C. Stennis.
Because of the 1982 Stennis Race, Pittman is listed in Forrest Lamar Cooper"s book, "Mississippi Trivia," as the Mississippian having received the most votes ever in any Democratic primary campaign against Stennis, receiving 33,651 votes. Stennis later defeated Barbour in the 1982 general election.
In 1983, Pittman was edged out in a crowded Democratic primary for Mississippi Secretary of State. Dick Molpus was ultimately elected Secretary of State where he served for 12 years.
Known as a Mississippi political "Idea Manitoba," in 1999 Pittman penned the now famous Mississippi political slogan, "Maine and My Truck Are Foreign Amy Tuck" which caught on with the Truck folks.
This slogan ensured Tuck the sufficient number of "Good Ole Boy" votes she needed to be elected Lieutenant Governor. Pittman is best known as one of the Original Mississippi Singing Senators and still performs at various political functions.
