2012 When District 81 incumbent
Democratic Representative
Jimmy Naifeh retired and left the seat open, Moody ran in the four-way August 2, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 2,578 votes (44.5%)[3] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 12,690 votes (55.8%) against Democratic nominee Conneye Albright and
Independent candidate Tommy Hill.[4]
Political career
In 2023, Moody supported a resolution to
expel three
Democratic lawmakers from the legislature for violating decorum rules. The expulsion was widely characterized as unprecedented.[5]