Danielle Moore (born June 24, 1946) is a former schoolteacher and Republican member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

. She resides in

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, with her husband, Lisle H. Moore, Jr. They have two children, Melinda Ann Henry and Lisle H. Moore III. She was born in

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, and later moved to the United States. She is a graduate of Elsberry High School in

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. She received a

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in French and English from Central Methodist College in 1968 and went on to be a schoolteacher. She is a member of St. Peter's

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, the

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, the Fulton

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, the National Order of Women Legislators, the Missouri Federation of Republican Women, Callaway County Federated Republican Women, the National Association of Sportsmen Legislators, the

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, VFW Post 2657 Auxiliary, Callaway Farm Bureau, Kingdom of Callaway Retired Teachers Association,

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Society International, the Callaway County Red Cross Executive Advisory Board, the Missouri Retired Teachers Association, and is a member of the board of the Missouri Literacy Association and of the Fulton Area Development Corps. She was first elected to the

in 2000, and won re-election in 2002, 2004 and 2006. She is a member of the following committees: * Appropriations - Public Health and Corrections (chair) * Budget * Elementary and Secondary Education Following the decision of

Kenny Hulshof Kenny Charles Hulshof (; born May 22, 1958) is an American politician and lawyer who represented in the United States House of Representatives. He was the unsuccessful nominee of the Republican Party for Governor of Missouri in the 2008 electio ...

to step down at the end of his term as congressman of Missouri's 9th congressional district (in order to run for governor), Moore announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination to replace Hulshof. Moore lost the Republican primary to eventual victor

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References

*''Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006.'' Jefferson City, MO: Secretary of State. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Danielle 1946 births Living people People from Lincoln County, Missouri Central Methodist University alumni French emigrants to the United States People from Jefferson City, Missouri Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Women state legislators in Missouri People from Fulton, Missouri Catholics from Missouri Schoolteachers from Missouri 20th-century American women educators 20th-century American educators 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly