Jerry Moran

Jerry Moran
Official portrait, 2011
United States Senator from Kansas
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2011 Serving with Roger Marshall
Preceded by	Sam Brownback
Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office February 3, 2021
Preceded by	Jon Tester
Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
In office January 6, 2020 – February 3, 2021
Preceded by	Johnny Isakson
Succeeded by	Jon Tester
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
In office January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
Leader	Mitch McConnell
Preceded by	John Cornyn
Succeeded by	Roger Wicker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 1st district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by	Pat Roberts
Succeeded by	Tim Huelskamp
Member of the Kansas Senate from the 37th district
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1997
Preceded by	Joseph Norvell
Succeeded by	Larry D. Salmans
Personal details
Born	Gerald Wesley Moran (1954-05-29) May 29, 1954 (age 69) Great Bend, Kansas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Robba Addison ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2
Education	Fort Hays State University University of Kansas (BS, JD)
Website	Senate website
Jerry Moran's voice Jerry Moran on FAA modernization Recorded February 15, 2023

Gerald Wesley Moran (/mʌˈræn/ murr-AN; born May 29, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Kansas, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he was chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 113th U.S. Congress, during which he led successful Republican efforts in the 2014 election, producing the first Republican Senate majority since 2006.^[1] Previously, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kansas's 1st congressional district.

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 was the state special assistant attorney general (1982–1985) and deputy attorney of Rooks County (1987–1995). He served in the Kansas Senate from 1989 to 1997 and was majority leader for his last two years. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1996 and spent seven terms there with little electoral opposition. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010 after defeating fellow U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt in a contentious primary. He was reelected to the Senate in 2016 and 2022.^[2][3]

Moran became the senior senator and dean of the Kansas congressional delegation in 2021 when Pat Roberts retired from the Senate.