Jerry Moran (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Representative, Kansas (1)
- Birth Date: May 29, 1959
- Occupation: Attorney
- Religion: Methodist
- Web site: http://www.house.gov/moranks01/
Education
- University of Kansas, JD
- University of Kansas, BA
Jerry Moran was born in Great Bend and now lives in Hays. Moran graduated from Plainville High School in 1972. He attended Fort Hays State University for two years and earned a degree in economics in 1976 from the University of Kansas. He also earned his law degree from KU in 1981.
Moran practiced law for 15 years. He has said he was bitten by the political bug in the summer of 1974 when, between his sophomore and junior years in college, he served as an intern in the Washington office of U.S. Rep. Keith Sebelius, a Republican who then represented the 1st District of western Kansas.
Jerry Moran served eight years in the Kansas Senate, including two as its majority leader, before he was elected to the U.S. House in 1996.
Moran and his wife, Robba, have two daughters.
