[2][3] Moran was long active in politics as a Democrat, including serving as a delegate to numerous state and national party conventions.

[4][5][6] In addition, Moran served as chairman of the Burlington City and Chittenden County Democratic Committees.

[9] Moran was the only candidate in the low turnout special election and won with all 68 votes cast for him.

[11] On March 5, 1957 Claude Douglas Cairns defeated Moran's bid for another term in an upset with 4,053 votes to 3,830.

[1] He was diabetic in his later years and died at DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital on March 12, 1962, after suffering multiple heart attacks.