Tim Moore

Tim Moore worked in his father's Kings Mountain market, sweeping floors, operating the register and cutting fatback.¹ A former teacher remembered casting him as Radar O'Reilly in a high school production of M*A*S*H.¹ He is the father of two sons and still lives in Kings Mountain.²

Moore began college at Campbell before transferring to UNC Chapel Hill, where he became speaker of the student Congress.¹ He graduated with a political science degree in 1992 and earned his law degree at Oklahoma City University in 1995.² After passing the bar, he returned to Cleveland County to practice law.² Before his election to the state House, he joined the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors at 26.¹

He served in the state House from 2003 to 2025, including a decade as speaker, before entering Congress in January 2025.³ As speaker, he helped negotiate the 2023 Medicaid expansion agreement with Senate leader Phil Berger.⁴ The expansion began providing coverage that December.⁵ He now serves on Financial Services and Budget.²

Moore supports Medicaid work requirements and greater transparency in hospital billing.³ He cosponsored the 2025 PBM Reform Act, a proposal addressing prescription drug middlemen.³⁶ His campaign emphasizes fiscal responsibility and economic growth.⁷ Democrat LaKesha Womack is challenging him for another term.⁸