| Barry Moore | |
| State: | Alabama |
| Term Start: | January 3, 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Martha Roby |
| State House1: | Alabama |
| District1: | 91st |
| Term Start1: | November 3, 2010 |
| Term End1: | November 7, 2018 |
| Predecessor1: | Terry Spicer |
| Successor1: | Rhett Marques |
| Birth Name: | Felix Barry Moore |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Coffee County, Alabama, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Children: | 4 |
| Education: | Enterprise State Community College (AS) Auburn University (BS) |
| Signature: | Barrymooresig.png |
Felix Barry Moore (born September 26, 1966) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district since 2021. The district is based in the state capital, Montgomery, and stretches into the Wiregrass. He represented the 91st district in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.[1]
Moore first ran for the U.S. Congress to represent Alabama's 2nd congressional district in 2018, challenging incumbent representative Martha Roby.[2] He finished third in the Republican primary. After Roby's retirement in 2020, Moore launched a campaign for the open seat. He won the primary and defeated Democrat Phyllis Harvey-Hall in the general election. In 2024, following redistricting as a result of Allen v. Milligan, Moore was placed into Alabama's 1st congressional district and ran against fellow incumbent representative Jerry Carl in the Republican primary. Moore narrowly won nomination in the new district, unseating Carl.[3]
Moore was born in Coffee County, Alabama, on September 26, 1966.[4] [5] He grew up on a farm in Coffee County, and attended Enterprise State Community College.[6] He later attended Auburn University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural science in 1992.[7] While attending Auburn, Moore was enlisted in the Alabama National Guard.[8]
In 1998, Moore founded Barry Moore Industries, a waste hauling company.[9]
Moore entered politics in 2010 at the urging of then-chair of the Alabama Republican Party Mike Hubbard. Moore was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010, defeating Democratic incumbent Terry Spicer.[10]
In April 2014, Moore was arrested for felony perjury and lying to authorities during a grand jury investigation into Hubbard.[11] Moore was acquitted of all charges.[10] [12]
In 2018, Moore challenged incumbent U.S. Representative Martha Roby in the Republican primary for AL-02, placing third behind Roby and former U.S. Representative Bobby Bright.[6]
Moore again sought the nomination in 2020. The seat was open after Roby opted not to run for a sixth term. Moore placed second in the seven-way Republican primary, the real contest in the heavily Republican district, trailing Dothan businessman Jeff Coleman. He then defeated Coleman in the runoff,[13] which had been delayed almost three months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In that time, Coleman's campaign faltered, and Moore eventually won.[14] He then defeated Democratic nominee Phyllis Harvey-Hall in the general election with 65.2% of the vote.[15]
Moore ran for reelection in 2022.[16] In the Republican primary, Moore initially faced a challenge from Jeff Coleman, who announced another bid for the second congressional district. However, a federal panel ruled against Coleman's candidacy, as he qualified to run after the first deadline had passed, and the decision implementing a second deadline was reversed. This left Moore unopposed in the Republican primary.[17] In the general election, Moore faced Democratic nominee Phyllis Harvey-Hall in a rematch; he was reelected to a second term with 69% of the vote.[18]
In 2024, redistricting as a result of Allen v. Milligan placed Moore into Alabama's 1st congressional district, which was represented by Jerry Carl, setting up a primary in which Moore and Carl were both incumbents pitted against each other in the 1st district.[19] On October 30, 2023, Moore confirmed to 1819 News that he would run in the first congressional district, challenging Carl in the Republican primary.[20]
In the Republican primary on March 5, 2024, Moore narrowly won the Republican nomination against Carl, despite 60% of the district’s population belonging to Carl’s old district.
On January 6, 2021, Moore objected to the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results in Congress. On January 7, he was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who voted to overturn results in the election, immediately after the storming of the U.S. Capitol.[21] On January 10, Moore drew criticism for two posts on his personal Twitter account, one of which echoed the false claim of "stealing an election on November 3rd." Moore also posted about the killing of Ashli Babbitt, saying that a black officer shooting a white female veteran "doesn't fit the narrative." Twitter temporarily suspended his account; in response, Moore deactivated the account, alleging censorship of conservative voices. His official government Twitter account was unaffected.[22]
In February 2021, Moore voted against the American Rescue Plan, calling it a "blue state bailout".[23] The same month, he co-signed Bob Good's Right To Earn A Living Act, which would make state and local governments that implement pandemic-related stay-at-home orders ineligible for funding through the Coronavirus Relief Fund.[24]
In March 2021, during a House vote on a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état that overwhelmingly passed, Moore was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against it.[25]
In June 2021, Moore was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6.[26]
In June 2021, Moore was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.[27] [28]
In July 2021, Moore voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act, which would increase by 8,000 the number of special immigrant visas for allies of the U.S. military during its invasion of Afghanistan, while also reducing some application requirements that caused long application backlogs; the bill passed in the House 407–16.[29] Later in August 2021, after the Taliban gained control of Afghanistan, Moore called the American withdrawal from Afghanistan "a painful betrayal of our Afghan allies".[29]
As of January 2022, Moore had voted in line with Joe Biden's stated position 6% of the time.[30]
In February 2023, Moore introduced a bill, co-sponsored by Andrew Clyde, Lauren Boebert, and George Santos, to designate the "AR-15-style rifle" the National Gun of the United States.[31] [32]
For the 118th Congress:[33]
Moore supported the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, calling it "a huge victory for the pro-life movement and the Constitution."[36]
Moore was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[37] He was also one of three members of Alabama's House delegation to vote against the bill, the others being Dale Strong and Gary Palmer.[38]
| Office | Party | Primary | General | Result | Swing | . | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | % | . | Runoff | % | . | Total | % | . | |||||||
| 2010 | State Representative | Republican | 9,754 | 64.31% | 1st | Gain | [39] | ||||||||
| 2014 | Republican | 3,905 | 55.46% | 1st | 7,484 | 96.27% | 1st | Hold | [40] | ||||||
| 2018 | U.S. Representative | Republican | 18,177 | 19.30% | 3rd | N/A | [41] | ||||||||
| 2020 | Republican | 21,354 | 20.45% | 2nd | 52,248 | 60.45% | 1st | 197,996 | 65.22% | 1st | Hold | [42] | |||
| 2022 | Republican | 137,460 | 69.09% | 1st | Hold | [43] | |||||||||
Moore married Heather Hopper in 1992; they have four children together. The Moore family attend Hillcrest Baptist Church in Enterprise, Alabama.
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