Retired USAF Colonel Penny Huggins Bailey Announces Candidacy For Alabama’s 6th Congressional District

Leeds, AL - Retired USAF Colonel Penny Huggins Bailey announced her candidacy for Alabama’s 6th Congressional District on January 13, 2012, bringing 24 years of leadership in the United States Air Force to the race against the eventual Republican nominee.

Penny Huggins Bailey is a longtime Leeds resident and graduate of Leeds High School and Samford University. She served in the US Air Force and retired at the rank of Colonel after 24 years of duty. Her husband, an active duty Air Force Colonel, will serve his third deployment overseas this year. The Baileys have been married for more than 30 years and have three children.

“For twenty-four years I had the honor to serve in the US Air Force where service before self, excellence in all you do, and integrity were our core values,” Colonel Bailey said. “I want to work to embody these values in Congress on behalf of the people of Alabama’s 6th Congressional District. Alabamians deserve a true public servant who puts professionalism before partisan politics, and I know I have the background to do Alabama proud in Washington.”

The 6th Congressional District includes Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Jefferson, Tuscaloosa, and Shelby counties. Colonel Bailey will face the winner of the Republican Primary in the general election in November.