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James Patrick Moran, Jr. (; born May 16, 1945), known as Jim Moran, is a former U.S. Representative for in Northern Virginia, including the cities of Falls Church and Alexandria, all of Arlington County, and a portion of Fairfax County. Congressman Moran served from 1991 to 2015, and is a member of the Democratic Party. Moran was the mayor of Alexandria, Virginia from 1985 to 1990, when he resigned to run for Congress. He defeated Republican incumbent Stanford Parris in the general election on November 6, 1990, and was sworn in the following January. He is of Irish descent, and is the son of professional football player James Patrick Moran, Sr. and the brother of former Democratic Party of Virginia Chairman Brian Moran. Throughout his career, his troubles with financial problems, ethical issues and physical altercations have been his hallmark as much as his political savvy.〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61458-2004May2_2.html〕 Moran announced on January 15, 2014, that he would retire from Congress at the end of his term. ==Early life, education, and business career== Moran, the eldest of seven children, was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Natick, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. His parents were Dorothy (née Dwyer) and James Patrick Moran, Sr., a professional football player for the Boston Redskins in 1935 and 1936; outside of football he worked as a probation officer. Both his father and mother were Roosevelt Democrats and supporters of the New Deal. Moran attended Marian High School in Framingham, Massachusetts.〔(Profile ), nationaljournal.com; accessed September 3, 2015.〕〔(Where Were they Born to Run? ), wvtf.org; accessed September 3, 2015.〕 Moran played college football on an athletic scholarship at the College of the Holy Cross, where his father had been a football star in the early 1930s. Moran was awarded a B.A. in economics in 1967. In 1970 he received a Master of Public Administration from the University of Pittsburgh. During a campaign in 1992, he admitted that he had used marijuana during his early twenties. After a brief career as a stockbroker and graduate school attendance, Moran moved to Washington, D.C.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Moran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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