Craig L. Thomas
American politician (1933-2007)
Gerald Wesley Moran is an American politician and former lawyer 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.
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Gerald Wesley Moranis an American politician and former lawyer 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. 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 generaland 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.
Moran became the senior senator and dean of the Kansas congressional delegation in 2021 when Pat Roberts retired from the Senate.
I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.
United States Senator from Kansas
Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation’s history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences.
United States Senator from Kansas
One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don’t often do them.
United States Senator from Kansas
Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.
United States Senator from Kansas