[2] Moody worked as a precinct captain under Worth Township committeeperson and Illinois state representative Harry Yourell.
[1][2] After the death in office of Joan Patricia Murphy, Moody was appointed in October 2016 to replace her by a vote of the democratic committee of the 6th district of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
Before he dropped-out, he had already seen challengers since announced by three individuals, largely due to his support of president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Toni Preckwinkle's controversial tax on sweetened beverages.
[7] In 2020, Moody's became one of a number of Michael Madigan allies that were implicated as beneficiaries of a bribery scheme involving Commonwealth Edison (ComEd).
[2] Internal emails released by ComEd on November 25, showed Moody to have had secret communications with the energy provider that were arranged by two lobbyists that had been indicted.