1. Brian Joseph Moran was born on September 9,1959 and is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
16 Facts About Brian Moran
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Brian Moran served as Virginia Secretary of Public Safety from 2014 to 2022, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until 2008, representing Northern Virginia's 46th district.
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Brian Moran was born in Natick, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children in a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent.
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Brian Moran's father is former professional football player James Moran Sr.
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Brian Moran attended university at Framingham State College, and later the Catholic University of America, where he earned his Juris Doctor from the Columbus School of Law in 1988.
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The elder Brian Moran helped raise funds for his brother during his gubernatorial campaign, and both represented areas in Northern Virginia, but the two have differing opinions on several issues such as gun control and parole laws.
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Brian Moran is a repeat winner of Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislator of the Year, a recipient of the Tech-10 award from the Northern Virginia Technology Council, and a Friend of Business awardee from the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce.
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Brian Moran was named 2006 Legislator of the Year by the Virginia Sheriffs Association.
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Brian Moran resigned his seat on December 12,2008, to pursue the Virginia governorship full-time.
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In 2001, Brian Moran was elected to chair the House Democratic Caucus, succeeding Creigh Deeds who was elected to the Virginia State Senate.
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Brian 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.
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Brian Moran formed a fundraising committee to campaign for governor in 2009.
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Mame Reiley served as director of Virginians for Brian Moran, helping Moran in his election bid for governor but he lost the Democratic nomination for governor to Deeds, who received more than twice as many votes as Moran.
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On December 4,2010, Brian Moran was elected chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia, defeating Peter Rousselot of Arlington County.
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In December 2013, Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe announced he was nominating Brian Moran to serve as Virginia's next Secretary of Public Safety, which is the Cabinet position with supervision of the Virginia State Police, the state's alcoholic beverage control laws, the Virginia Department of Corrections, and the Virginia National Guard.
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On December 19,2017, Governor-elect Ralph Northam announced that Brian Moran would continue as Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security under his administration.