Matthew Morgan | |
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Member of the MarylandHouseofDelegates from the 29A district | |
Assumed office January 14, 2015 | |
Preceded by | John F. Wood Jr. |
Constituency | St. Mary's County,Maryland |
Personal details | |
Born | James Matthew Morgan February 5,1973 La Plata,Maryland,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Mechanicsville,Maryland,U.S. |
James Matthew Morgan (born February 5,1973) is an American politician who has served as a Republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 29A,which includes the Northwestern portion of St. Mary's County,since 2015.
Morgan was born on February 5,1973,in La Plata,Maryland. He graduated from Maurice J. McDonough High School in nearby Pomfret,Maryland. [1]
Morgan was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 14,2015,and has served as a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee during his entire tenure. From 2019 to 2021,he served as the Assistant Minority Leader of the House of Delegates. [1] Morgan is also a member of the Maryland Freedom Caucus. [2]
In 2021,Morgan ran for Minority Leader of the House of Delegates on a ticket with Delegate Mark N. Fisher. [3] The Adams-Morgan ticket was defeated by Jason C. Buckel and Haven Shoemaker by a "more than a 2–1 margin". [4]
In April 2023,Morgan sent a letter to State Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury accusing the Maryland State Department of Education of hiding scores from failing scores by altering data files available on the department's website. An investigation conducted by the state inspector general found no evidence of these claims. [5]
In 2015,Morgan joined Neil Parrott in filing a lawsuit challenging the state's congressional districts. [6]
Morgan opposed a 2021 bill that would require elections for county commissioners to only be decided by voters within the districts in which the candidate is running. [7] [8] During debate on the legislation,he introduced an amendment that would impose the same rules on school board districts,which was rejected by a 45–93 vote. [9] The bill later passed the House of Delegates by a vote of 95-39. [10]
Morgan opposed legislation introduced during the 2021 legislative session that would send a mail-in ballot to every registered voter in both the state's primary and general elections. [11]
In April 2021,Morgan proposed an amendment that would make top law enforcement officers in each jurisdiction elected by local members of the public. [12]
Following a March 2018 school shooting at Great Mills High School,located within Morgan's district,Morgan responded with pessimism that proposed gun control legislation would be effective in preventing future shootings,saying "I don't know if there is a policy fix." [13] During the 2019 legislative session,Morgan introduced legislation to give local school systems the ability to station police officers at every school within its jurisdiction. [14]
Morgan opposed a 2019 bill to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board to negotiate the prices of prescription drugs,expressing concern that the board would lead to shortages of life-saving medications. [15]
During the 2024 legislative session,Morgan opposed bills to give tenants the right of first refusal if the property owner of their residence seeks to sell the property and another that would put rent payments in escrow if a landlord neglects life-threatening defects in a tenant's residence,saying that legislators should instead focus on passing bills to crack down on "slum tenants" instead of slumlords. [16]
Morgan supported Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. He criticized Michael Steele's decision to join The Lincoln Project,saying "It definitely conflicts with where the party is as a whole." [17]
In May 2024,Morgan signed onto a letter condemning the jury's guilty verdict in the Trump hush money trial,calling the ruling a "political prosecution from a kangaroo court and left-leaning prosecutor" that is turning the U.S. justice system into a "third world parody of law and order". [18]
In March 2018,Morgan opposed legislation that would have renamed the Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge after senator Thomas M. Middleton. [19]
In April of the same year,Morgan proposed an amendment to expand net neutrality legislation to regulate privacy policies on social media companies;the amendment was rejected over concerns that it did not fit the scope of the bill. [20]
Following the murder of George Floyd on May 25,2020,Morgan called Floyd's death "tragic" and indefensible" while accusing Democrats of using the incident as an "excuse to drive political narrative" and "dismantle the police departments". [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Morgan | 1,299 | 45.4 | |
Republican | Bryan "Puff" Barthelme | 845 | 29.5 | |
Republican | Thomas Tommy McKay | 718 | 25.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Morgan | 8,948 | 64.8 | |
Democratic | Daniel A.M. Slade | 4,840 | 35.1 | |
Write-In | 13 | 0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Morgan | 11,471 | 69.0 | |
Democratic | Roberta Miles Loker | 5,145 | 30.9 | |
Write-In | 12 | 0.1 |
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