Matt Moore (politician)
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| Chair of the South Carolina Republican Party | |
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Assumed office June 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Chad Connelly |
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Donald Matthew Moore April 22, 1982 Tifton, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Meg |
| Alma mater |
Georgia Institute of Technology (BS) University of South Carolina, Columbia (MA) |
Donald Matthew "Matt" Moore (born April 22, 1982) is an American politician who has served as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party since 2013. From June 8, 2013 until April 11, 2015, he was the youngest state chairman in America's two major political parties.
Moore is a regular commentator for Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. On June 12, 2014, Moore earned The New York Times "Quotation of the Day" for describing the power of grassroots activists in the social media era.
On May 2, 2015, Moore was re-elected to a second term. He won 83% of the vote.
In April 2016, Moore was mentioned as a possible candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee. An editorial in The Post and Courier stated the "Republican National Committee probably needs to move Matt Moore to the top of its short list."
In November 2016, Moore's name appeared on a short list of candidates under consideration to replace Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus. Michigan Republican Party chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel was eventually chosen by then-President-elect Donald Trump as his recommendation to replace Priebus.
On February 4, 2017 Moore announced that he would not seek a third term as chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.
Moore was born and raised in Tifton, Georgia. Moore attended Georgia Tech, where he majored in industrial engineering and minored in pre-law. At Georgia Tech, Moore was a Presidential Scholar, the highest academic scholarship awarded to undergraduate students. He graduated with honors in 2005. After working for Republican political organizations including the Georgia Republican Party and the Republican Governors Association, Moore moved to South Carolina in 2007.
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