Jason Morgan

Jason Morgan is an American politician serving as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023, representing the 23rd district. A member of the Democratic Party, Morgan previously served as a Washtenaw County Commissioner representing the board's 8th district.

Early life and education Morgan was born and raised in Pinconning, Michigan. He grew up in a blue collar family, where his father worked as a commercial fisherman and his mother was a school lunch aide. He graduated from Northern Michigan University in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. He moved to Ann Arbor in 2011. He later received a Master of Public Administration from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.

In March 2021, Morgan was appointed to the Northern Michigan University Board of Trustees by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer as a recess appointment for an eight-year term. Previously, Morgan's nomination was rejected by then Michigan's Republican-controlled Senate. In 2023, Morgan resigned from the Board of Trustees after he was elected to the state legislature.

Morgan is a part-time instructor at Washtenaw Community College.

Washtenaw County Commissioner Morgan was elected to the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners' 8th district seat in 2016. He chaired the board from 2019 to 2021 and was re-elected to the board in 2018 and 2020. Morgan served as the first openly LGBTQ chair of the commission.

2022 election and first State House term In June 2021, Morgan announced his candidacy for representative for Michigan's 53rd district. He received endorsements from a large number of local elected officials, including Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor and state Representative Felicia Brabec.

In January 2023, Morgan was appointed to serve as the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military, Veterans and State Police, and as the vice chair of Appropriations Subcommittees on Education and Transportation.

In June 2023, Morgan introduced House Joint Resolution F to codify marriage equality in Michigan. Later that year, Morgan secured funding for the Ann Arbor Landfill Solar Project and a grant to support community-based public safety in his district.

In 2024, Morgan and Representative Mike McFall formed a bipartisan Public Transit Caucus in the Michigan Legislature to improve Michigan's transit infrastructure.

Morgan was reelected in 2024.

Personal life At age 13, Morgan was diagnosed with Becker's Muscular Dystrophy.

Morgan is openly gay, and in 2023 married future Ann Arbor city councilmember Jon Mallek, making both the first married same-sex couple in elected public office in Michigan.

Electoral history