Jerry Moran

Jerry Moran (* May 29, 1954 in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas) is an American politician. From 1997 to 2011 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives. Since 2011 he is a member of the Senate of the United States for Kansas.

Career

Jerry Moran visited the Plainville High School and thereafter until 1976, the University of Kansas in Lawrence. After studying law at the same university and a short time in the banking business, he began practicing law in Hays. From 1982 to 1985 he was special prosecutor for the Attorney General of Kansas. Between 1987 and 1995 he was a deputy district attorney in Rooks County. From 1990 to 1995 he also sat on the supervisory board of the Faculty of Law, University of Kansas. He was also a 1996-1997 the Board of Industry and Commerce of that State to.

Politically joined Moran at the Republican Party. Between 1989 and 1997 he was a member of the Senate of Kansas. From 1993 to 1995 he was its vice-president; 1995 to 1997 he led the Republican faction. In the congressional elections of 1996, Moran was the first district of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he stepped on 3 January 1997 the successor to Pat Roberts. After he was confirmed in each case at the next elections, he represented until January 3, 2011 his constituency in Congress.

Moran was a member of the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on transportation and infrastructure, as well as and in the committee, which deals with the war veterans. In all three committees he was still a member of several subcommittees. Moran is considered conservative; he is supported by groups such as the National Rifle Association, the National Right to Life Committee and the American Conservative Union. The married with Robba Moran politician was nominated in August 2010 as a Republican candidate for election to the U.S. Senate, where he became the successor of Sam Brownback. In the primary, he won against Todd Tiahrt, another incumbent congressman. Since 3 January 2011, he is member of the Senate of the United States for Kansas.

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