Marsh announces candidacy

Friday, July 10, 2009

Pat Marsh
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Pat Marsh has announced his candidacy for the 62nd District Tennessee House of Representatives seat in the Aug. 27 Republican primary.

Marsh, a Lincoln County native and Bedford County resident, is founder and chairman of Big G Express, a family-owned trucking company.

"In these tough times we need leaders in Nashville who understand how to create jobs and revitalize our economy," Marsh said. "I want to serve in the State House, so that I can use my business background to provide leadership that creates an economic environment where jobs are created, taxes remain low and working families prosper."

Marsh began his career in the trucking industry as an employee of Goggin Truck Line, a small company with six tractors and 12 trailers. He worked his way up and eventually bought the company and grew it to 500 tractors and 1,000 trailers, which employed over 1,000 people.

He sold that company and started Big G Express with his brother Jack in 1995. Today Big G Express has 350 tractors, 800 trailers and employs over 500 people.

A news release from Marsh's campaign called him "a conservative and family man who will vote the values of the 62nd District -- limited government, low taxes, Second Amendment rights and pro-life."

Marsh, one of six children, graduated from Fayetteville Central High School and went to the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a bachelors' degree in business majoring in transportation. He and his wife Mary have been married for 31 years. They have two adult sons.

Marsh is a member and past president of Shelbyville Breakfast Rotary Club and is active in the Shelbyville Chamber of Commerce, Tennessee Trucking Association and American Trucking Association. He also sits on the board of the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration. He is a member of First Presbyterian Church and of a men's Bible study group, The Navigators. He is a member of the National Rifle Association and Ducks Unlimited and enjoys golf, fishing, hunting and farming. He owns and runs the Four M Game preserve, where the family hunts quail, deer and turkey.

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Pat is the type of quality individual that could bring commonsense representation for us to the legislature. He was born and raised in our briar patch and has proved himself in the business arena. He is an example of the notion that you can invest in our community and provide good jobs and civic involvement. He would be a great Representative.

-- Posted by Black Swan on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 10:38 AM

He has my vote. I don't know him very well, but he is a good friend of my fathers.

He is very generous and a good man.

-- Posted by acoustik on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 2:46 PM

We need more men like Pat With the unemployment rate like it is in the District. I'm sure you will receive alot of independent and Democratic votes. We've had enough Politicans who know nothing about creating jobs.

-- Posted by cadre on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 4:06 PM

I haven't anything to say against Pat Marsh. However, Ms. Barbara Blanton ran against Curt Cobb in the last election and gave him a good race. Barbara is also a good person with years of experience pertaining to Physician's, Health Care and Insurance Companies. She knows that lower taxes is the only way to create new jobs. She knows cap and trade is a job killer. If you haven't already lost your job, if Cap and Trade is passed many of you will lose your jobs. If Obama Care comes to be passed you will no longer have a choice in your health care or your doctor. "Yeah, I know Obama said if you like the health insurance you have now, you can keep it?" But, If there is a public plan competing with private insurance, private insurance will disappear. I myself am not willing to chance that happening. I've personally ask Rep. Lincoln Davis, Sen. Lamar Alexander, and Sen. Bob Corker to Vote NO to Nationalized Health Care. I've ask them to Vote NO to Cap and Trade a major job killer. I guess President Obama and the Democrat's don't think WE the American people have lost enough jobs yet. You know they want Wealth Redistribution.

Stan R. Bradford Flintville, TN ~ IBsnatchin@aol.com

-- Posted by IBsnatchin on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 4:11 PM

Stan R. Bradford Flintville, TN ~ IBsnatchin@aol.com

-- Posted by IBsnatchin on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 4:14 PM

I worked for Pat about 12 years. He is a great guy. I would vote for him if I could but I no longer live in that district.

-- Posted by dh38583 on Fri, Jul 10, 2009, at 8:59 PM

Pat Marsh is a community minded buisness man. He will be a fantastic addition to the House of Representatives.

-- Posted by TN_Titan on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, at 8:13 AM