North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore has formally announced his bid for the U.S. House. The Cleveland County Republican released a video on Tuesday revealing his plan to run in 2024 in a reconfigured 14th Congressional District. Moore's entry was expected.
FILE -Republican North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore speaks to reporters about a public records provision in the state budget, on the House floor in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore is preparing for a run for Congress next year, his political adviser said on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N.C. — North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore formally announced his bid for the U.S.
“I’ve been proud to serve with a conservative Republican majority in the state House for the last nine years as speaker,” Moore says in the video. “And now I’m ready to take that same conservative leadership to Washington, D.C.”that the Cleveland County Republican had started telling members of the state’s congressional delegation and key supporters about his candidacy.
Moore, an attorney, became the state House Rules Committee chairman in 2011 when Republicans took over the chamber and succeeded now-U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis as speaker in 2015. He’s been elected to a record five two-year terms as speaker.
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