Dennis Moore is a former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served Kansas's Third Congressional District.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore 

He served from January 1999 to January 2011.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore In 2009, Moore announced that he had plans to retire in 2011.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore Moore's wife, Stephene, attempted to run for the same seat and was defeated by Republican Kevin Yoder in the November 2010 midterm election.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore During his time as Representative, Moore served on the Small Business Committee, Financial Services Committee, and was Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore 

Moore and his wife live in Lenexa, Kansas.http://www.stephenemooreforcongress.com/aboutstephene The two married in 1990 and have seven children.http://www.stephenemooreforcongress.com/aboutstephene   Moore also has nine grandchildren.http://www.stephenemooreforcongress.com/aboutstephene 

Moore was born on November 8, 1945 in Anthony, Kansas.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore His father, Warner Moore, ran for a Congress seat in Wichita in 1958 and lost.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore In 1967, Moore received his bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore He then attended Washburn University and earned his law degree in 1970.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore He served three years in the Army and Army Reserves from 1970 to 1973.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore In 1976, Moore was elected Johnson County District Attorney.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore 

In 2007, Moore supported a non-binding Democratic resolution that disagreed with President George W. Bush's troop surge.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore He voted to allow Medicare to negotiate decreased prices from pharmaceutical companies and for Bush's energy plan, which would grant $14.5 billion in additional tax breaks to gas and oil companies.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore In 2009, Moore voted for President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill.http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Dennis_Moore