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'''Felix Barry Moore''' (born September 26, 1966) is a [[business]]man from Enterprise, [[Alabama]], who has since 2010 represented District 91 in the state's House of Representatives. A [[Republican]], his district is based only in Coffee County in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2018, Moore waged an unsuccessful [[primary election]] challenge to incumbent [[Martha Roby]] in Alabama's 2nd congressional district seat, which includes the capital city of [[Montgomery]]. Roby has held the position since 2011.
 
'''Felix Barry Moore''' (born September 26, 1966) is a [[business]]man from Enterprise, [[Alabama]], who has since 2010 represented District 91 in the state's House of Representatives. A [[Republican]], his district is based only in Coffee County in the southeastern portion of the state. In 2018, Moore waged an unsuccessful [[primary election]] challenge to incumbent [[Martha Roby]] in Alabama's 2nd congressional district seat, which includes the capital city of [[Montgomery]]. Roby has held the position since 2011.
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==Education and personal life==
 
Moore graduated from Enterprise High School and attended Enterprise State Junior College. In 1992, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He served in the [[United States Army]] National Guard. In 2003, he established Barry Moore Industries, a waste-management company in Enterprise. He is a Sunday school teacher and former [[deacon]] at Hillcrest [[Baptist]] Church in Enterprise. He and his wife, Heather, have four children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121792/barry-moore|title=Barry Moore's Biography|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name=ballotpedia/> 
 
Moore graduated from Enterprise High School and attended Enterprise State Junior College. In 1992, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He served in the [[United States Army]] National Guard. In 2003, he established Barry Moore Industries, a waste-management company in Enterprise. He is a Sunday school teacher and former [[deacon]] at Hillcrest [[Baptist]] Church in Enterprise. He and his wife, Heather, have four children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/121792/barry-moore|title=Barry Moore's Biography|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name=ballotpedia/> 
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In 2010, Moore unseated the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] incumbent representative for District 91, Terry Spicer, 9,754 votes (64.4 percent) to 5,383 (35.6 percent). In 2014, he defeated Joshua Pipkin in the Republican House primary, 3,905 (55.5 percent) to 3,136 (44.5 percent), and was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Barry_Moore|title=Barry Moore|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
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==Alabama House of Representatives==
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In 2010, Moore unseated the [[Democrat]] incumbent representative for District 91, Terry Spicer, 9,754 votes (64.4 percent) to 5,383 (35.6 percent). In 2014, he defeated Joshua Pipkin in the Republican House primary, 3,905 (55.5 percent) to 3,136 (44.5 percent), and was then unopposed in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref name=ballotpedia>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Barry_Moore|title=Barry Moore|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
    
On April 24, 2014, Moore was arrested in a corruption probe conducted by the office of then state Attorney General [[Luther Strange]], subsequently the interim [[U.S. Senator]]. Moore was charged with two counts of [[felony]] [[perjury]] and two counts of providing false statements to a special [[grand jury]] in Lee County. He denied all charges, which he termed "baseless," and went to trial. On October 30, 2014, a trial jury found Moore not guilty of all counts. Had he been convicted, he would have been removed from the legislature and faced up to ten years of imprisonment and levied a $15,000 fine for each of the four counts. On October 30, a jury found Moore not guilty of all charges.<ref name=ballotpedia/>
 
On April 24, 2014, Moore was arrested in a corruption probe conducted by the office of then state Attorney General [[Luther Strange]], subsequently the interim [[U.S. Senator]]. Moore was charged with two counts of [[felony]] [[perjury]] and two counts of providing false statements to a special [[grand jury]] in Lee County. He denied all charges, which he termed "baseless," and went to trial. On October 30, 2014, a trial jury found Moore not guilty of all counts. Had he been convicted, he would have been removed from the legislature and faced up to ten years of imprisonment and levied a $15,000 fine for each of the four counts. On October 30, a jury found Moore not guilty of all charges.<ref name=ballotpedia/>
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