Mooney, Alex X. (Alexander Xavier), 1971-

Alexander Xavier Mooney (born June 7, 1971) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district since 2015.

Born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Frederick, Maryland, he graduated from Frederick High School before earning a B.A. in philosophy from Dartmouth College. While attending Dartmouth, Mooney unsuccessfully ran for the New Hampshire House of Representatives in Grafton County's 10th District. After college, Mooney interned for U.S. Representative Ed Royce and then served as staff assistant to U.S. Representative Roscoe Bartlett. In 1995, he became a legislative analyst for the House Republican Conference. From 1999 to 2011, Mooney represented Maryland's 3rd District, which covers parts of Washington and Frederick Counties, in the Maryland Senate. In the Maryland State Senate, Mooney was a member of the Judicial Proceedings Committee, the Joint Committee on Investigation, the Joint Committee on Federal Relations, and the Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee. He served on the Maryland Rural Caucus, the Taxpayers Protection Caucus, and the Maryland Veterans Caucus. He served as the National Journalism Center's executive director from 2005 to 2012. On December 11, 2010, Mooney was elected chair of the Maryland Republican Party; he served in that role until early 2013.

In March 2012, Mooney filed as a candidate in the 2014 Republican primary for Maryland's 6th congressional district but had to withdraw his candidacy as he was still working for Congressman Bartlett. Mooney subsequently moved to Charles Town, West Virginia, a small town on the state's eastern tip, and declared his candidacy for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district, winning the Republican primary and the general election against Democrat Nick Casey. He has been re-elected three times by comfortable margins. Mooney is a principled conservative fighting for lower taxes and less government regulations on businesses to create more jobs in America. In Washington, he is working to defend traditional values, protect the Second Amendment and promote respect for all human life.