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Mooney holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Political Science]] and a [[Master of Arts]] from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He also studied at the School of Government and Business Administration at the [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He was from 1985 to 2012 the  vice president of Colonial Properties Trust. Since 2012, he has been an associate broker for Southeast Commercial Partners. He is a member of Alabama [[Eagle Forum]] and the Alabama Policy Institute. He is a board member of the foundation for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]. He is a past president of the charitable organization, the St. Andrew’s Society. He has been a fundraiser for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a [[deacon]] at Meadow Brook [[Baptist]] Church in Birmingham; he is chairman of the personnel committee and the capital campaign to raise funds for a church sanctuary. Mooney and his wife, Kelly, have three grown children, Gaston, Houston, and Arrington Mooney.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149974/arnold-mooney#.We4aebpFzb0|title=Arnold Mooney's Biography|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> 

Mooney holds a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Political Science]] and a [[Master of Arts]] from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. He also studied at the School of Government and Business Administration at the [[George Washington University]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He was from 1985 to 2012 the  vice president of Colonial Properties Trust. Since 2012, he has been an associate broker for Southeast Commercial Partners. He is a member of Alabama [[Eagle Forum]] and the Alabama Policy Institute. He is a board member of the foundation for Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]]. He is a past president of the charitable organization, the St. Andrew’s Society. He has been a fundraiser for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He is a [[deacon]] at Meadow Brook [[Baptist]] Church in Birmingham; he is chairman of the personnel committee and the capital campaign to raise funds for a church sanctuary. Mooney and his wife, Kelly, have three grown children, Gaston, Houston, and Arrington Mooney.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149974/arnold-mooney#.We4aebpFzb0|title=Arnold Mooney's Biography|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> 

In the Republican [[primary]] runoff for House District 38 on July 15, 2014, Mooney defeated intra-party rival Amie Beth Shaver. The position opened when the incumbent Republican Mary Sue McClurkin, did not seek reelection. Mooney then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district..<ref>{{cite web|url=|title=Arnold Mooney|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> Mooney had been McClurkin's finance chairman in her three previous state House elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/06/mo_brooks_taps_state_legislato.html|title=Mo Brooks taps state legislator to run Senate campaign|date=June 5, 2017|publisher=Al.com|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>

In the Republican [[primary]] runoff for House District 38 on July 15, 2014, Mooney defeated intra-party rival Amie Beth Shaver. The position opened when the incumbent Republican Mary Sue McClurkin, did not seek reelection. Mooney then ran unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]] in the heavily Republican district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arnold_Mooney|title=Arnold Mooney|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 22, 2017}}</ref> Mooney had been McClurkin's finance chairman in her three previous state House elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2017/06/mo_brooks_taps_state_legislato.html|title=Mo Brooks taps state legislator to run Senate campaign|date=June 5, 2017|publisher=Al.com|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref>

Mooney was a staff assistant to conservative [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] James B. Allen, who died in office in 1978 and was known like Republican [[Jesse Helms]] of [[North Carolina]] for his mastery of parliamentary procedure. In 1984, Mooney managed the unsuccessful campaign of Republican former [[U.S. Representative]] Albert Lee Smith, Jr. (1931-1997), of Birmingham, who challenged the popular Democratic incumbent Howell Heflin.<ref name=pvs/> In 2017, Mooney managed the campaign for [[Mo Brooks]] of Huntsville, a U.S. representative who unsuccessfully sought to succeed Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] in a special election held on August 15. Sessions resigned the position to become [[Attorney General of the United States]] in the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobrooksforsenate.com/brooks-appoints-mooney-campaign-chair/|title=Brooks appoints Mooney as campaign chair|publisher=Mobrooksforsenate.com|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> The top two vote-getters, [[Roy Moore]], a former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and appointed interim Senator [[Luther Strange]], the former state attorney general,  competed in a runoff, which Moore won. Moore now faces a heated challenge from the [[liberal]] Democrat, former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, on December 12.

Mooney was a staff assistant to conservative [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[U.S. Senator]] James B. Allen, who died in office in 1978 and was known like Republican [[Jesse Helms]] of [[North Carolina]] for his mastery of parliamentary procedure. In 1984, Mooney managed the unsuccessful campaign of Republican former [[U.S. Representative]] Albert Lee Smith, Jr. (1931-1997), of Birmingham, who challenged the popular Democratic incumbent Howell Heflin.<ref name=pvs/> In 2017, Mooney managed the campaign for [[Mo Brooks]] of Huntsville, a U.S. representative who unsuccessfully sought to succeed Senator [[Jeff Sessions]] in a special election held on August 15. Sessions resigned the position to become [[Attorney General of the United States]] in the [[Donald Trump|Trump]] administration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobrooksforsenate.com/brooks-appoints-mooney-campaign-chair/|title=Brooks appoints Mooney as campaign chair|publisher=Mobrooksforsenate.com|date=June 5, 2017|accessdate=October 23, 2017}}</ref> The top two vote-getters, [[Roy Moore]], a former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and appointed interim Senator [[Luther Strange]], the former state attorney general,  competed in a runoff, which Moore won. Moore now faces a heated challenge from the [[liberal]] Democrat, former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones, on December 12.