[3] Cary Pigman was arrested in March 2017, and in April plead no contest to the chare of driving under the influence and was sentenced to a year's probation.

[4][5] In 2012, following redistricting, Cary Pigman ran against former State Representative Randy Johnson in the Florida House District 55 Republican Primary Election.

[citation needed] After Pigman's DUI arrest in March 2017, he resigned as Chairman of the House Health Quality Subcommittee.

In September 2016, the state Commission on Ethics found probable cause that Cary Pigman "misused his position by linking his efforts to obtain legislative funding for the Okeechobee School District to retaliate" against Tracy Downing, principal of South Elementary School in Okeechobee County.

The Commission reported that Pigman was having an "extramarital affair" with his district secretary, Elizabeth "Libby" Maxwell, that started on January 15, 2016.