Update: Moran's Son Resigns From Campaign Following 'Error in Judgment'

Patrick Moran, son of Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, has resigned from his father's reelection campaign.

"Effective immediately, I have resigned from the Moran for Congress campaign," Patrick Moran said in an email.

The resignation follows the release of a near 27-minute video filmed in various locations in Arlington's Courthouse community in which the younger Moran apparently talks with someone posing as a supporter about skirting new voter identification laws.

The video was released by conservative activist James O'Keefe whose work has been discredited in the past.

A voice message and email to the Moran campaign was not immediately returned Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday night, the campaign released the following statement:

"Patrick is well liked and was a well-respected member of the campaign team. This incident, however, was clearly an error in judgment. The campaign has accepted Patrick’s resignation, effective immediately."

Arlington County Democratic Committee Chairman Mike Lieberman sent the following statement to Patch:

"Arlington Democrats condemn any form of voter fraud. Any allegations that such conduct has been condoned — especially in Arlington — is something we take very seriously. We are concerned by the apparent remarks of Pat Moran in the hidden-camera video arranged by Mr. O’Keefe. While we do yet not know Pat Moran’s response to the video and Mr. O’Keefe’s allegations, we understand that Pat Moran has resigned from the Moran campaign, and we have asked him not to return to our offices. The Arlington Democrats are committed to making sure that all voters have a full and fair ability to cast their votes in accordance with applicable laws, and that commitment will not change."

Republican Patrick Murray, who is challenging Jim Moran for his seat, released the following statement:

"After seeing this video on several news sites, I am very concerned about the campaign activities of my opponent. While it is not clear whether or not there was any wrongdoing, I hope that local, state and federal election officials will look into this matter immediately.

"The integrity of our nation is at stake, and it appears that my opponent's campaign seems prepared to undermine free and fair elections right here in Virginia.

"Sadly, anyone who is familiar with Jim Moran will not be surprised by this. The truth is that Moran has a long track record of hyper partisan behavior, racially charged comments and an infamous anger management problem. So this is more of the same embarrassing behavior that we've come to expect from Jim Moran and his campaign."

This article has been updated.