# Matt Morgan

Matt Morgan is a Republican member of the Maryland House for district 29A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Maryland House, district 29A
- Serving since: 2015-01-14
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d7346fb4-948a-4e86-8b06-5e43345e4b4a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7346fb4-948a-4e86-8b06-5e43345e4b4a (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

28% of Morgan’s statements criticize a policy, 3.0 times the State House Republican average of 9.3%.

## What Morgan says (MD 2025–26 session)

1,266 classified statements: 1,266 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Morgan | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.3% | 2.9% | 181 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 28.1% | 9.3% | 47 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 50.6% | 31.9% | 117 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 1.8% | 333 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.2% | 12.7% | 517 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 4.8% | 1.4% | 64 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 26% (State House Republicans 12%); Energy 16% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Taxation 15% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Immigration 14% (State House Republicans 4.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.63 (standard error 0.01), from 581 donors and 1,175 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MD 2025–26 session)

2,779 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Maryland House 94.3%). Party unity 98.0% (97.0%). 309 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · On Third Reading (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-04 · voted nay · On Third Reading (Const) · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Grammer /423321/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · Motion to Suspend Rules from 1st to 2nd Rdg (Emerg) · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · Committee Amendments · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Miller /863422/1 Ruled Out of Order Decision of the Chair · HB 2101 Arbitration Reform for State Employees Act of 2026 - Withdraw and Repeal of Duplicate Proposed Constitutional Amendment · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2101/
- 2026-08-03 · voted nay · FLA Del. Schmidt /413029/1 Ruled out of order Decision of the Chair · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · pass · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Buckel /403926/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Szeliga /633228/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/
- 2026-08-03 · voted yea · FLA Del. Long, R. /183623/1 · HB 2100 Election Districts - General Assembly and Representatives in Congress · fail · https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB2100/

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 175 bills: 175 reached committee, 82 passed one chamber, 58 passed both, 57 became law. Cosponsored 0. 46.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 87 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HS 2: Resolution to Expel Delegate Christopher Eric Bouchat From the House of Delegates of Maryland (in committee, 2026-04-03) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HS2/
- HB 1646: Maryland Aviation Administration - Airport Passenger Screening Partnership Program (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1646/
- HB 1629: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Programs - Discharge of Patients and Referral Services - Standards (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1629/
- HB 1640: Energy-Related Programs, Surcharges, and Taxes (Maryland Energy Savings Guarantee Act) (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1640/
- HB 1602: Counties - No-Cost Preventive Cancer Screenings for Volunteer and Retired Volunteer Firefighters (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1602/
- HB 1593: Community Pathways Waiver - Adoption of Regulations (passed one chamber, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1593/
- HB 1483: Clinical Professional Counseling - Out-of-State Providers - Use of Telehealth for Continuity of Care (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1483/
- HB 1398: State Transfer Tax - Temporary Suspension (in committee, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1398/
- HB 1510: Unemployment Insurance - Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Enforcement (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1510/
- HB 1559: Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1559/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $84.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2114706856312475843
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2114706897177575778
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2114722752577855943
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2114347046400376859
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2114438364464308491
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2113673596526616855
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2113692722376708523
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2113254421622620278
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2113321567140630826
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattMorgan29A/status/2112984272244036005

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/morgan02
- Campaign site: https://www.voteformattmorgan.com/
- X: https://x.com/MattMorgan29A
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DelegateMattMorgan/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmattmorgan/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7346fb4-948a-4e86-8b06-5e43345e4b4a