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Maryland's redistricting based on the 2010 census significantly redrew the boundaries of incumbent Roscoe Bartlett's 6th district. The district lost all of heavily Republican Carroll County, as well as some Republican-leaning parts of Baltimore, Frederick and Harford counties, while gaining a heavily Democratic spur of Montgomery County. [18] In 2008, Barack Obama took 40% of the vote in the old 6th, but would have won 56% in the new 6th. [19] After creating an exploratory committee to challenge Bartlett in the Republican primary, [20] Mooney decided not to run against him. [21]

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2014

In March 2012, Mooney filed as a candidate in the 2014 Republican primary for Maryland's 6th congressional District. He subsequently had to withdraw his candidacy because he was still Bartlett's part-time outreach director at the time he filed to run. House ethics rules do not allow congressional staffers to remain employed in a congressional office while campaigning. [22] [23]

Mooney subsequently moved to Charles Town, West Virginia, a small town on the state's eastern tip, and declared his candidacy for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district . [24] The district includes most of the West Virginia portion of the Washington media market. Seven-term Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito was giving up the seat to run for the United States Senate. [25] During his campaign, some West Virginia Democrats accused Mooney of being a carpetbagger since he had recently moved to West Virginia. [26]

Mooney received the Republican nomination on May 13, 2014, beating six other candidates. He finished first in 15 of the 17 counties in the congressional district, with 36.02% of the vote. [27]

Mooney defeated Democrat Nick Casey in the 2014 general election, [28] 47% to 44%. He won Berkeley County, in the state's Eastern Panhandle, by 5,000 votes, which was more than his overall margin of 4,900 votes. Like Charles Town, Berkeley is part of the Washington media market. [29] Mooney was also helped by long coattails from Capito, who carried every county in the state. [30]

Mooney became the first Latino elected to West Virginia's congressional delegation in the state's history. [5]

2016

Results by county, 2016 WestVirginia's2stcongressionaldistrict2016electionresultsbycounty.png
Results by county, 2016

In 2016, Mooney defeated Republican primary challenger Marc Savitt, 72.9%-27.1%. [31] [32] In the general election, Mooney defeated Democratic state delegate Mark Hunt, 58.2%-41.8%. [33] [34]

2018

In 2018, Mooney defeated former U.S. State Department official Talley Sergent, 53.9%-43.0%. [35]

2020

In 2020, Mooney defeated Republican primary challenger Matt Hann, 71.7%-28.3%. In the general election, he defeated energy policy analyst Cathy Kunkel, 63.1%-36.9%. [36]

2022

West Virginia lost a congressional seat as a result of the 2020 United States Census. The legislature dismantled Mooney's old district and divided the state into northern and southern districts, and abandoned its longtime practice of starting the numbering in the north. Instead, most of the western portion of the old 2nd, including Charleston, was combined with the bulk of the old 3rd district to form a new 1st district. Meanwhile, most of the eastern portion of the old 2nd, including Mooney's home, was merged with the old 1st district, represented by six-term Republican David McKinley, to form the new 2nd district. Both McKinley and Mooney announced plans to run for reelection. Although the new 2nd was geographically more McKinley's district than Mooney's, Mooney won the Republican primary on May 10, 2022. [37]

Tenure

Mooney was sworn in on January 3, 2015. On March 26, 2015, he introduced H.R. 1644, the Supporting Transparent Regulatory and Environmental Actions in Mining Act (STREAM Act). The House passed the bill on January 19, 2016, by a vote of 235–188. [38]

Ethics investigations

In two May 2022 reports, the Office of Congressional Ethics determined that Mooney had "likely violated House rules and federal law" by accepting impermissible gifts and using official resources for personal purposes. [39] The reports found that Mooney and his family had accepted more than $10,800 from a company tied to Mooney on a vacation to Aruba; that Mooney had stayed at a Capitol Hill home owned by the same company's founders for free approximately 20 times from 2015 to 2021, using it for lodging, congressional business, and campaign events; that Mooney had regularly diverted official resources (including staff time) for personal and family matters, and sometimes for campaign activities; and that Mooney had "likely" provided false testimony and withheld evidence in the course of an OCE investigation against him. [39] The OCE transmitted the reports to the House Ethics Committee, which opened an investigation into Mooney's conduct. [39] [40] Mooney denied any misconduct. [39]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

2024 U.S. Senate election

On November 15, 2022, Mooney announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in 2024, seeking to challenge incumbent Democratic senator Joe Manchin. [45]

In the Republican party primary, Mooney drew support from the right wing faction of the party, notably by influential Senators Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee, as well as former Freedom Caucus chair Jim Jordan. [46] His main opponent was incumbent governor Jim Justice, who gained support from the establishment wing of the party including endorsements from incumbent Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell and, ultimately, former President Donald Trump. [47] Justice ultimately defeated Mooney, 61.8% to 26.5%. [48]

Political positions

Gold standard

Mooney supports a return to the gold standard. [49] [50] [51]

Foreign and military policy

Mooney was among 60 Republicans to oppose condemning Trump's action of withdrawing forces from Syria. [52] Along with Matt Gaetz and a handful of Republicans, Mooney broke with his party and voted to end assistance to Saudi Arabia in the War in Yemen. [53]

In 2021, Mooney was one of 14 Republican representatives to vote against a resolution condemning the Myanmar coup d'état. It was unclear why Mooney voted against the measure. [54]

In June 2021, Mooney was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq. [55] [56]

In 2023, Mooney was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days. [57] [58]

Marijuana policy

Mooney has a "B" rating from NORML for his voting record on cannabis-related matters. [59]

Immigration

Mooney voted against the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), [60] which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).[ citation needed ]

In 2022, NumbersUSA, which seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration, gave him a 98% score; in 2019–20, the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which also supports immigration controls, gave him a 100% rating. [61]

Attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result

In December 2020, Mooney was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania , a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated [62] incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state. [63] [64] [65]

Mooney hiding in the House gallery, while holding a gas mask, during the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Alex Mooney during 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.jpg
Mooney hiding in the House gallery, while holding a gas mask, during the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

In the days leading up to the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count, he said he had not decided whether he would vote to certify, choosing to decide on the House Floor after listening to debate. [66] Mooney did not support the objection to Arizona's electoral votes, which was sponsored by Senator Ted Cruz. [67] Mooney was in the House Chamber listening to the certification debate when Trump supporters attacked the United States Capitol. He hid in the gallery with other members of Congress before being removed to a safe place. [68]

After the Capitol was secure and Congress returned to certify the results, Mooney supported the objection to certifying Pennsylvania's electoral votes, as sponsored by Senator Josh Hawley. Mooney claimed that Pennsylvania violated election laws, ignored its constitution and that the "legislature was subverted." [67] In response to his decision, the Charleston Gazette-Mail editorial board charged him with "subverting democracy" and said that he and Representative Carol Miller were complicit in the Capitol attack by their unwavering support of Trump. [69]

On January 11, 2021, the Democrats introduced a resolution to call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to remove Trump in response to the attack on the Capitol. When the resolution was presented, Mooney objected, saying that Congress "should not adopt a resolution of this magnitude without any debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is wrong to have sent members of Congress home and then try to adopt without any debate a precedent-setting resolution that could imperil our Republic." [70]

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023

Mooney was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House. [71]

Electoral history

West Virginia

Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney official photo.jpg
Official portrait, 2015
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from West Virginia's 2nd district
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
West Virginia's 2nd congressional district : Results 2014–2022
YearRepublicanVotesPctDemocraticVotesPctThird partyPartyVotesPctThird partyPartyVotesPct
2014 Alex Mooney72,61947.1%Nick Casey67,68743.9%Davy Jones Libertarian 7,6825.0%Ed Rabel Independent 6,2504.0%
2016 140,80758.2%Mark Hunt101,20741.8%
2018 110,50453.9%Talley Sergent88,01143.0%Daniel Lutz Mountain 6,2773.1%
2020 172,19563.1%Cathy Kunkel100,79936.9%
2022 160,49365.6%Barry Wendell84,27834.4%

Maryland

NameVotesPercentOutcome
Ronald N. Young, Dem.22,71051.1%Won
Alex X. Mooney, Rep.21,66648.7%Lost
Other Write-Ins750.2%Lost
NameVotesPercentOutcome
Alex X. Mooney, Rep.21,84451.9%Won
Candy O. Greenway, Dem.20,11147.8%Lost
Other Write-Ins1040.2%Lost
NameVotesPercentOutcome
Alex X. Mooney, Rep.21,61755.0%Won
C. Sue Hecht, Dem.17,65444.9%Lost
Other Write-Ins660.2%Lost
NameVotesPercentOutcome
Alex X. Mooney, Rep.18,39956%Won
Ronald S. Bird, Dem.14,21244%Lost

New Hampshire

NameVotesPercentOutcome
Sharon Nordgren, Dem.3,54018.96%Won
Marion L. Copenhaver, Dem.3,48418.66%Won
Elizabeth L. Crory, Dem.3,28617.60%Won
Robert Guest, Dem.3,21917.24%Won
Linde McNamara, Rep.1,8209.75%Lost
Fred Carleton, Rep.1,7429.33%Lost
Alex X. Mooney, Rep.1,5808.46%Lost

Personal life

Mooney and his wife, Grace Mooney, live in Charles Town, West Virginia, with their three children. [75] Mooney is Roman Catholic. [76]

See also

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Maryland Senate
Preceded by Member of the Maryland Senate
from the 3rd district

1999–2011
Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by
Audrey Scott
Chair of the Maryland Republican Party
2010–2013
Succeeded by
Diana Waterman
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from West Virginia's 2nd congressional district

2015–present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by United States representatives by seniority
168th
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