Brian Moran
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| 13th Virginia Secretary of Public Safety | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2014 |
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| Governor | Terry McAuliffe |
| Preceded by | Marla Graff Decker |
| Chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia | |
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In office December 4, 2010 – December 8, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Richard Cranwell |
| Succeeded by | Charniele Herring |
| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 46th district |
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In office January 10, 1996 – December 12, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Bernard S. Cohen |
| Succeeded by | Charniele Herring |
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Brian Joseph Moran September 9, 1959 Natick, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Karyn Kranz |
| Relations | Jim Moran (brother) |
| Alma mater |
Framingham State College Catholic University |
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Brian Joseph Moran (born September 9, 1959) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. He has served as Secretary of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Governor Terry McAuliffe since January, 2014, and was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1996 until 2008, representing Northern Virginia's 46th district.
Moran was a primary candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2009, hoping to succeed fellow Democrat Tim Kaine, but on June 9, 2009, he lost the Democratic Party nomination to Creigh Deeds, a member of the Virginia Senate.
Moran was born in Natick, Massachusetts, the youngest of seven children in a Roman Catholic family of Irish descent. His father is former professional football player James Patrick Moran, Sr.. At age 9, he and his sister Mary marched 20 miles to protest hunger. At age 13, he took the train to Washington, D.C. to watch the Watergate hearings. As a teenager, he bagged groceries, rode a paper route and worked a graveyard shift at a gas station.
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.
Moran's older brother is Jim Moran, a former U.S. Congressman from Virginia's 8th district. The elder 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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