[1] After running unopposed in the Republican primary, Pody won election to the Tennessee General Assembly in November 2010 by defeating the incumbent representative, Democrat Stratton Bone Jr., 9,270 to 8,181.

Pody ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and he defeated Democrat Mary Alice Carfi in the special election, 5,995 to 5,688.

[7][8][9] Pody co-sponsored a bill to nullify the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as Obamacare).

[14] In 2021, Pody supported a bill, which passed the legislature, that would allow guardians to keep their children from being exposed to school lessons on the LGBTQ community.

"[16] In 2023, he sponsored Tennessee House Bill 878, which would allow individuals the right to refuse marriage solemnization due to religious objections.

[17] In November 2020, Pody supported the "Stop the Steal" movement that endorsed Donald Trump's contesting of the 2020 election results.

[18][19] He also signed on to a January 2021 letter sent from Republican state legislators asking Tennessee's U.S. senators to object to Joe Biden's electoral victory.

[20] Pody paid for several Tennesseans to attend the January 6, 2021 protest of Biden's victory, but he denounced the violence that took place at the U.S.