Brian Patrick Moore (born June 8, 1943) is an American politician and founder of antiwar organization Nature Coast Coalition for Peace & Justice.

A perennial candidate, he was the presidential nominee of the Socialist Party USA for the 2008 United States presidential election; he waged several campaigns for mayor and city council in Washington, D.C., and twice ran for the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 5th congressional district, winning none; he ran for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of Florida in 2010, but lost in the primary election.

During his presidential campaign, Moore supported strengthening the working class and pledged to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and reduce the budget for the Department of Defense by 50%.

As a Peace Corps volunteer and later working for a non-profit agency, Moore was involved in community development and infrastructure projects in impoverished neighborhoods of Bolivia, Panama and Peru.

[citation needed] Moore was a member of the Democratic Party and worked as the 1976 New Mexico coordinator for Terry Sanford, who lost the nomination to Jimmy Carter.

[3] In 2006, running as a Green Party-endorsed[4][5] independent anti-war candidate against Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican challenger Katherine Harris, Moore polled 19,695 votes.

Moore, of Florida, and vice-presidential nominee Stewart Alexander of California, were nominated on October 20, 2007, at the Socialist Party USA's National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, where their ticket won by four votes.

He is an advocate for democratic public control of the economy and society, participatory democracy, universal health care, greater employment, and housing for all.