David Moon (politician)

David Hyon Moon (born January 28, 1979[5]) is an American activist, lawyer, and politician. He is currently a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 20 in Montgomery County, Maryland.

David Moon
Delegate David Moon, December 2016
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 20th district
Assumed office
January 14, 2015[1]
Preceded byHeather Mizeur
Personal details
Born
David Hyon Moon[2][3]

(1979-01-28) January 28, 1979
Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S.[4]
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Melinda R. Coolidge[4][3]
ResidenceTakoma Park, Maryland, U.S.[4]
Alma materTufts University, American University
OccupationLawyer, activist, writer

Early life and education

Moon was born in Takoma Park, Maryland to Korean immigrants.[6] He graduated from Walt Whitman High School, after which he double majored in sociology and philosophy at Tufts University. In 2004, he received a J.D. from the Washington College of Law of American University.[6][5][7]

Career

Moon worked as a program director for the progressive, civil liberties group Demand Progress. In 2014, he edited Maryland Juice a state politics blog, while working as a policy attorney and Democratic political consultant.[8] Previously, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the election reform group, FairVote, coordinating advocacy efforts to improve the electoral process.[8][5]

Political activity

Moon served as Campaign Director for Jamie Raskin's 2006 election to the Maryland State Senate, defeating five term incumbent Ida Ruben.[9] Later, Moon worked on the County Council campaign for Nancy Navarro in 2008.[10][1]

In 2013, he announced his candidacy for Maryland State Assembly, replacing the seat vacated by Heather Mizeur who ran for governor.[11][1] As an Asian American, he was inspired by Obama's 2008 victory.[1] In 2016, he was a candidate for the seat vacated by Jamie Raskin's election to Congress, earning endorsements from Service Employees International Union, CASA de Maryland, and Progressive Maryland.[12]

Positions

In the legislature, Moon is a member of the House Judiciary Committee and is the Chair of the Criminal Law & Procedure Subcommittee.[13] He was the prior Chair of the Juvenile Law Subcommittee from 2017-2019 and continues to hold membership in the Maryland Legislative Asian-American and Pacific-Islander Caucus. [14]

Moon has been a vocal advocate to decriminalize drug laws that have led to mass incarceration.[9] Strongly supportive of greater transparency and accountability, Moon co-sponsored legislation to require video streaming of all Maryland House and Senate sessions and their committees.[15]

In 2018, Moon was a leader behind regional efforts to prevent massive subsidies for a new stadium and require a name change for Washington's football team.[16] Moon introduced legislation that would prevent Maryland from offering public funding to encourage owner Daniel Snyder to locate the team in Maryland. He was joined by David Grosso, his legislative colleague on the Council of the District of Columbia.[16]

He sought to join other legislators to oppose the conservative agenda of Republican Governor Larry Hogan.[17][18]

In 2020, Moon introduced legislation allowing the use of no-knock warrants by Maryland Police only as a last resort.[19] The measure was came in the wake of outrage over the shooting of Breonna Taylor.[19]

Other activities

As a program director with the online organizing group Demand Progress, Moon was active organization helped lead the fight against the Stop Online Piracy Act and related bills. Moon was a co-editor of a book about that effort, called Hacking Politics.[20]

References
  1. Rebecca Lessner (March 2, 2015). "Wave of freshman legislators finds State House not as partisan as expected". Maryland Reporter. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/david-hyon-moon-772616
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "About David Moon". davidmoon.us. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  5. "DAVID MOON Democrat, District 20, Montgomery County". msa.maryland.gov. April 29, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  6. Donna Broadway (November 25, 2015). "Moon suits up and focuses on jobs, school construction funding and transportation". The Sentinel. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  7. LOUIS PECK (August 24, 2016). "With Raskin Seen as Shoo-In for Congress, Jockeying Intensifies To Replace Him in Annapolis". Bethesda Beat. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  8. Aaron Davis (June 15, 2015). "Netroots Nation - David Moon". Netroots Nation. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  9. Len Lazarick (August 28, 2013). "Blue Moon: A blogger takes political plunge and runs for delegate". Maryland Reporter. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  10. Ann E. Marimow (March 13, 2008). "Navarro Casts Herself As Candidate of Future". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  11. Ovetta Wiggins (November 14, 2015). "Maryland Senate has three open seats — and lots of would-be senators". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  12. Bill Turque (December 8, 2016). "Del. William Smith named to fill Raskin's Md. Senate seat". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  13. "David Moon, Maryland State Delegate". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  14. "David Moon, Maryland State Delegate". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  15. Len Lazarick (January 29, 2016). "Live from Annapolis, it's the Md. General Assembly - Maybe Some Day". Southern Maryland Online. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  16. Tom Sherwood (February 6, 2017). "Proposal: New Redskins Stadium in DC, Md. Would Need Name Change". NBC. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
  17. osh Hicks (May 16, 2016). "First-term Democrats in Annapolis want to push their party left". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  18. Progressive Kick. "David Moon for MD House:It's one small step for Moon, one giant leap for Maryland". Progressive Kick. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  19. Ovetta Wiggins (October 15, 2020). "Md. House work group votes to propose banning chokeholds, restricting no-knock warrants". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  20. "Hacking Politics". orbooks.com. OR Books. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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