13 things about Great Bend, Kansas native Jerry Moran

Gerald Wesley “Jerry” Fletcher Moran was born in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas, United States to Raymond Edwin “Ray” Wright Moran and Madeline Eleanor Fletcher Moran. Jerry grew up in Plainville, Rooks County, Kansas.

Ray was born in Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas to William Wesley Moran and Gertrude Elizabeth Wright Moran. Madeline was born in Madison, Greenwood County to John Lemuel Fletcher and Ruth Tatman Fletcher.

BIOGRAPHY

Jerry is an American politician and lawyer, who is a member of the Republican Party. He and his wife Robba Addison Moran, also a lawyer, have two daughters together namely Kelsey Addison Moran and Alex Addison Moran.

Before entering the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, Jerry attended Fort Hays State University in Hays, Ellis County, Kansas. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 1974, he was an intern for Keith Sebelius, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas’s first district from January 3, 1969 to January 3, 1981.
2. In 1976, he graduated from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
3. From 1982 to 1985, he served as Kansas’s state special assistant attorney general.
4. In 1984, he married Robba.
5. From 1987 to 1995, he served as Rooks County’s deputy county attorney.
6. From January 3, 1989 to January 3, 1997, he was a member of the Kansas Senate from the 37th district.
7. From January 3, 1997 to January 3, 2011, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas’s first district.
8. His mother turned 93 on February 26, 2010 and died in Plainville on July 18, 2010.
9. From January 3, 2013 to January 3, 2015, he was the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
10. His father turned 98 on November 7, 2013 and died in Plainville on June 6, 2014.
11. From January 6, 2020 to February 3, 2021, he was the chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
12. On May 29, 2024, he turned 70.
13. From February 3, 2021 to January 3, 2025, he was a ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee.

TIMELINE

Jerry practiced law at Jeter & Larson Law Firm in Hays for 15 years. He taught political science as an adjunct professor at Fort Hays State University.

2023

• On June 6, 2023, he attended an event at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial as part of the 79th anniversary of the World War II “D-Day” Normandy landings in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. 

2024

• On June 4, 2024, he questioned Federal Bureau of Investigation director Christopher Wray during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., USA on the FBI’s proposed budget for the 2025 fiscal year.

2025

• On January 3, 2025, he assumed office as the chair of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee again.
• On January 30, 2025, he questioned U.S. director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard as she testified during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.