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Former reality TV star Mark Moran has launched his U.S. Senate bid in Virginia, positioning himself as an independent challenger to incumbent Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) and ripping both major parties.Moran, best known for appearing on the short-lived HBO Max dating series “FBoy Island,” announced his campaign in a video posted Friday, saying he is “breaking free from the Democratic establishment” to run as an independent and will put “Virginia & America First.”“I’m doing that because I’m putting our country first. I’m putting it above these divisive issues that the Left, that the Right, and our corporate media control,” he said in the announcement. Moran has framed his campaign around what he describes as “big, bold ideas” to “simplify” and “restructure” government, arguing that “everything is wrong, and that’s because money controls.”He has taken aim at the incumbent Democrat, calling Warner an “oligarch” and urging voters to reject establishment politics ahead of Virginia’s August 4 primary.Today, I am putting Virginia & America First, to announce that I am running as an Independent for U.S. Senate. pic.twitter.com/NUPa5xTvd0— Mark Moran for U.S. Senate (@itsmarkmoran) April 2, 2026Moran previously worked in investment banking and built an online following centered on what he called “Wall Street culture.” He claims to have left the industry due to moral objections.The political newcomer has also broken with Democratic orthodoxy on some issues, including gun rights.“After facing a personal safety issue, I got a gun. It made me realize how extreme our party’s stance has become,” Moran posted on social media. “The founders wrote the 2A to protect us from tyranny…whether that tyranny comes from Donald Trump or a state legislature trying to disarm you.”“The Second Amendment isn’t about hunting. It’s about power…the people’s power,” Moran’s campaign website says. “It’s the final check on a government that seeks to control its citizens. It’s exactly what Jefferson warned us about.”Moran has drawn attention for his combative online presence as well. In response to a critic on his campaign launch video, he wrote, “Read the website retard, nobody has ever talked about my ideas bc no one has had my unique experience – enjoy !!”This was in response to an X user writing, “Yeah, cool Mark. Go ahead and TURN IT ALL AROUND once you get elected. No clue why no one else has ever thought of all these buzzwords and catchphrases before, I’m sure you’ll sort it all out.”Moran told The Daily Caller that he has taken cues from President Donald Trump’s use of media and public persona. “It always makes me laugh when people think Donald Trump is dumb. Donald Trump understood the power of the medium of reality TV earlier than anyone else, and he saw that to have any sway over the American populace, you had to control the hearts and minds … of the American people,” he told the outlet. “This is a concept that goes back to Thomas Jefferson.”He added that reality TV remains one of the most effective ways to reach a broad audience.“I’ve always known that I would [run for office], and in looking at reality TV, I saw an opportunity to learn firsthand this … is the only medium right now, aside from social media, that can capture the attention of over 50% of Americans. Fox News can’t do that. CNN can’t do that, but reality TV can,” he said. “The Kardashians saw that. What you learned is you’re essentially a caricature of yourself.”“You play an aggrandized version of yourself, which Trump does masterfully,” Moran went on. “And why people love him is he is so unapologetically American. And that is the thing that people come to love about certain reality TV individuals, whether it’s the Kardashians or it’s ‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,’ all of this that they’re just themselves, and they don’t apologize for it.”

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