Jerry Moran : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

May 29, 1954(age 61)

Place of birth

Great Bend, Kansas

Political party

Republican

Spouse

Robba Moran

Residence

Hays, Kansas

Alma mater

University of Kansas (B.A.) & (J.D.)

Occupation

attorney, bank executive, college professor

Religion

Methodist

Assumed office

January 3, 2011

Serving with Pat Roberts

Preceded by

Sam Brownback

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 1st district

In office

January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2011

Succeeded by

Tim Huelskamp

Preceded by

Pat Roberts

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Jerry Moran (born May 29, 1954) is the junior U.S. Senator from Kansas and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing .

Raised in Plainville, Kansas, Moran graduated from the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Law. He worked in private law and served as the state special assistant attorney general (1982 � 85) and deputy attorney of Rooks County (1987 � 95). He served in the Kansas Senate (1989 � 1997), and was majority leader for his last two years. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 and served six terms with little electoral opposition. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in a landslide in 2010. He is the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government and has a strongly conservative voting record.