Alex X. Mooney
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 2nd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Shelley Moore Capito |
| Member of the Maryland Senate from the 3rd district |
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In office January 13, 1999 – January 12, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Derr |
| Succeeded by | Ronald N. Young |
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Alexander Xavier Mooney June 7, 1971 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Mooney |
| Children | 3 |
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Charles Town, West Virginia (2013–present) Frederick, Maryland (1999–2013) |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Website | House website |
Alexander Xavier Mooney (born June 7, 1971) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served in the Maryland State Senate, representing District 3, from 1999 to 2011 and is a former Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party. He is the first Hispanic elected to Congress from West Virginia.
Mooney's mother, Lala, was a Cuban refugee who escaped from political imprisonment at the age of 21, shortly after the Bay of Pigs Invasion. From a family of Irish immigrants, his father Vincent grew up in Long Island, New York. Mooney was born in 1971 in Washington D.C. and raised in Frederick, Maryland. He graduated from Frederick High School, where he was elected as president of the student government.
In 1993, Mooney received his B.A. in philosophy from Dartmouth College. While attending Dartmouth, he ran for the New Hampshire House of Representatives in Grafton County's 10th District. He finished in last place with 8% of the vote. In 2007, Mooney was elected to the Executive Committee of the Dartmouth College Association of Alumni. In early 2008, Mooney traveled to New Hampshire to testify in support of a state bill that would require legislative approval for amendments that the private Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College wished to make to its charter.
After college, Mooney served as staff assistant to U.S. Representative Roscoe G. Bartlett. In 1995 he became a legislative analyst for the Republican Conference of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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