Richard T. Moore (born July 7, 1943) is a Democratic politician from

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

and a former member of the

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Biography

Richard T. Moore was born in

Milford, Massachusetts Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,379 according to the 2020 census. First settled in 1662 and incorporated in 1780, Milford became a booming industrial and quarrying community in the 19th ...

. He is married to the former Joanne Bednarz of

Uxbridge, Massachusetts Uxbridge is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States, first colonized in 1662 and incorporated in 1727. It was originally part of the town of Mendon, and named for the Earl of Uxbridge. The town is located southwest of Boston an ...

. The couple lives in

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. Moore is a graduate of

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research uni ...

, and he earned a master's degree in Student Personnel Administration from

Colgate University Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York ...

. He has completed additional graduate-level courses at Clark and the

University of Massachusetts Amherst The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) is a public land-grant research university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system and was founded in 1863 as the ...

Career

Richard Moore was first elected to the Massachusetts State Senate on April 23, 1996. He served as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing and was a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in Third Reading; the Senate Committee on Post-Audit and Oversight; the Joint Committee on Higher Education; and the Joint committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets. From 1977 to 1994, Moore was a nine-term member of the

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. During that tenure, Moore chaired three standing committees — Taxation, State Administration, and Election Laws — and served on numerous other committees and commissions. He co-chaired the 1992

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for President campaign in Massachusetts and was chosen as a member of the Presidential

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that year. In 1994, President Clinton nominated Moore to serve as Associate Director of the

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(FEMA). He was subsequently confirmed by the

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and served in that role under the Clinton Administration for two years, during which he led efforts to develop a National Mitigation Strategy — a comprehensive, nationwide plan to help individuals, communities, and states reduce the risk of disaster from natural and technological hazards. In 1996, he was presented with the "Distinguished Service Award" by FEMA Director

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. He is a member of the Emergency Management Section of the

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and co-chair, of the National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) Task Force on Homeland Security and Emergency Response — created in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. He is also a member of Executive Committee of the NCSL. In 2009 he was elected the President-elect of the

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. He took office as president of NCSL, at the annual meeting in Louisville, KY on July 28, 2010. In early 2013, Moore was promoted to the third highest post in the

, President Pro Tempore. On Tuesday, November 4, 2014, Moore was defeated by

Ryan Fattman Ryan C. Fattman (born July 1, 1984) is an American politician who currently serves in the Massachusetts State Senate. Previously, Fattman represented the 18th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Republican. E ...

in the Massachusetts general election.

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General Court profile Official Policy and Constituent Services web site
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