After retirement he spent time farming and as president of Quality Wood Preserving Inc.[1] Moore served as the chairman of the Grayson County Republican Party from 1982 to 1990.
He was nominated by Republican officials in the 5th Senatorial District to replace state Rep. Ronny Layman of Leitchfield, who resigned after pleading guilty to accepting a bribe in the Boptrot sting conducted by the FBI.
He defeated former State Auditor Mary Ann Tobin in the general election, 17,580 to 14,990, getting almost half his margin from the Democrat's home Breckinridge County (3,976 to 2,717).
[3] In 1996 he defeated Joe Hager of Meade County in the general election by less than a thousand votes after not having a primary challenger.
He finished a distant fourth in the primary winning only 1.5 percent of the vote in the election won by Ernie Fletcher.