Rodney W. Moore (born July 12, 1963) is an American politician from the state of

North Carolina North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...

. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served in the

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, representing the 99th district, until 2019. Moore first ran for the state House in 2010. He defeated incumbent Democrat Nick Mackey in the

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, and won the seat in the

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. He was a candidate in the 2014 special election for . In March 2019, Moore was indicted on nine felony counts involving filing false campaign reports; investigators stated that he failed to report more than $141,000 in campaign contributions and expenditures. He pleaded guilty to one

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charge of making false statements under oath and was sentenced to

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. Moore is African-American.

Electoral history

2022

2018

2016

2014

2012

2010

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* Living people 1963 births Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century African-American politicians 21st-century African-American politicians African-American state legislators in North Carolina North Carolina politicians convicted of crimes Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century members of the North Carolina General Assembly {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub