Alexander Mooney (Republican Party) (also known as Alex) is a member of the U.S. House, representing West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Mooney (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. He declared candidacy for the 2024 election.
Mooney was re-elected to his third term in the office on November 6, 2018, winning 54 percent of votes to defeat Talley Sergent (D). Mooney was first elected to the office in 2014.
In Congress, Mooney has been assigned to the Financial Services Committee, the Budget Committee, and the Natural Resources Committee. In the 116th Congress (2019-2020), he was reassigned to the Financial Services Committee.
Prior to being elected to West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District in 2014, Mooney served in the Maryland State Senate, representing District 3, from 1999 to 2010. In 2010, Mooney lost his seat in the state Senate to Democratic candidate Ronald Young by a margin of 22,710 votes to 21,666 votes. Mooney was the chair of Maryland's Republican Party from 2010 through 2013.
Mooney earned his B.A. in philosophy from Dartmouth College in 1993. Mooney worked as the vice-president of legislative analysis at the Council for National Policy Action, Inc. He was a Republican member of the Maryland State Senate, representing District 3 from 1999 to January 12, 2011.
