Draft:Thomas J. Mooney (Maryland Politician)

Thomas J. Mooney is and American politician from the State of Maryland. He served in the House of Delegates in the House Ways and Means Committee and as Vice-Chair of the Prince George's County Bi-county Committee. He was the Republican nominee for Governor in 1986 despite most Republicans preferring J. Hugh Nichols of Howard County. Nichols however, ended his campaign after fears that Candidate William Donald Schaefer had already gotten most of the money and support from the business community.

Mooney's campaign was described as a "Long Shot" and Mooney himself suggested that its real importance was really to revive the State Republican Party.

His loss in the election continued the decades of dominance by the Democrats in Maryland. A Republican would not live in the Governors Mansion again until the election of Robert Ehrlich in 2002, ending the 33 year control of the state by the Democrats.