Moore was also the Kansas Secretary of Commerce until September 1, 2004, before stepping down to become the state’s first full-time lieutenant governor.
Prior to seeking public office, Moore had been employed by the Cessna Aircraft Company since 1982.
He had been a Republican for most of his life, but became a Democrat just days before being introduced on the Sebelius ticket.
Moore is past chairman of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
He married in 1966 to Marty Spangenberg and has two children—comic book writer B. Clay Moore of Shawnee, Kansas and Stacia Wohlford of Lawrence, Kansas—and five grandchildren.