[1][2] A member of the Democratic Party, he is the first openly LGBT person elected to the Michigan Senate, as well as the first to serve as President Pro Tempore.

[1] Moss previously served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2014 - 2018, and remains the youngest-ever member of the Southfield, City Council.

[6] He graduated with high honors from Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and an additional major in political science.

[7] While attending Michigan State, he participated in several student-led humanitarian aid missions in the US and around the globe, twice traveling to New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to assist with cleanup efforts and spending time abroad in Uruguay to build housing in among the most impoverished areas of South America.

[7] He graduated from the Michigan Political Leadership Program Fellowship[3][6] and was also president of the university's Phi Sigma Pi.

[4][11] He worked as District Director for State Representative Rudy Hobbs[5][6] after serving as his campaign manager.

In 2014, he defeated Nicole Brown, Darryle Buchanan and Charles Roddis in the Democratic primary for the 35th District of the Michigan House of Representatives on August 5, 2014.