Brian Moran

Infobox State Representative
name = Brian J. Moran

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state_delegate = Virginia
district = 46th
term_start = 1996
preceded = Bernard S. Cohen
succeeded = Incumbent
party = Democrat
date of birth = Birth date and age|1959|9|9|
place of birth = Natick, Massachusetts
spouse = Karyn Moran
residence = Alexandria, Virginia
alma_mater = Framingham State College, The Catholic University of America
profession = Lawyer
committees = Counties, Cities and Towns; Courts of Justice; Finance; Militia, Police and Public Safety
religion = Roman Catholic
website = http://www.brianmoran.com

Brian J. Moran (born September 9, 1959 in Natick, Massachusetts) is an American politician in the Democratic Party. He has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1996, representing Northern Virginia's 46th district. He is chairman of the Virginia House Democratic Caucus, and is also a member of the Virginia Crime Commission. Moran is a likely candidate for Governor of Virginia in the 2009 elections.

Early years

Brian Moran is the youngest of seven children. His elder brother, Jim Moran, represents Virginia's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Brought up in a middle-class Irish-American Catholic household, his father, a World War II veteran, worked various jobs, including the local factory and a juvenile probation officer.

At age 14, Brian took his first job bagging groceries at the local store, and continued working various jobs through his time at Marian High School. Captain of the his high school football team, Brian attended University of Massachusetts at Amherst on a football scholarship.

Brian worked his way through college and law school, including construction jobs, tending bar, and as a gas station attendant on the midnight shift. After graduating from the Columbus School of Law at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., he took a job as a clerk for the Arlington County, Virginia court in the midst of his brother's successful career on the City Council of neighboring Alexandria.

Law & politics

After a year of clerking, Brian became a prosecutor in Arlington County. He worked cases ranging up to rape and murder. At the urging of then Alexandria businessman (and future Governor of Virginia) Mark Warner, Brian Moran left the prosecutor's office after 7 years and ran for the House of Delegates in 1995.

After his election to the House of Delegates, Moran opened a small law practice in Alexandria which has grown to more than 10 employees.

Virginia House of Delegates

Since being elected, Moran has served on the Transportation; Courts of Justice; and Health, Welfare, and Institutions Committees. He is a repeat winner of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislator of the Year, a recipient of the prestigious Tech-10 award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and a 'Friend of Business' awardee from the Fairfax Chamber of Commerce. Moran also was named the 2006 Legislator of the Year for the Virginia Sheriffs Association.

House Democratic Caucus

In 2001, Moran was elected to chair the House Democratic Caucus. When Moran took over as Chairman, Democrats had fallen to 34 seats in the House of Delegates. Since then, Democrats have added seats in every consecutive general election and now hold 44 of the chamber's 100 seats. Moran spent the better part of 2006 and 2007 traveling the state to recruit and support House candidates for the 2007 election, when all 100 Virginia House of Delegates seats were on the ballot (as in every odd-numbered year).

Statewide campaign

Widely encouraged to run for Attorney General in 2005, Moran decided not to run out of deference to his friend, Attorney General candidate Creigh Deeds, and due to concerns about the time away from his family. Moran has formed a fundraising committee for a campaign for Governor in 2009. [cite web | title = Moran for Governor - Brian | publisher = The Virginia Public Access Project | url = http://www.vpap.org/committees/profile/home/2127 | accessdate = 2008-08-12]

References

External links

* [http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/a7b082ef6ed01eac85256c0d00515644/2550d52a739942cc8525738a0052b63d?OpenDocument&Click=85256823005F1997.f0a3d2c6f9f07af1852570bd00646e36/$Body/0.2908 Virginia House of Delegates: Bio for Brian J. Moran]
* [http://www.brianmoran.com brianmoran.com - campaign website]
* [http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/4038 Virginia Public Access Project: Brian J. Moran]