Judy Morgan (born January 11, 1948) is an American politician. She was a member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

who served 9 years between 2012 and January 6, 2021. She is a member of the Democratic Party. As of 2022 she was serving on the Board of the Children's Services Fund of Jackson County, Missouri, with a term scheduled to end 2025-03-31. She was also on the Community Advisory Council of

KKFI KKFI is a radio station located in Kansas City, Missouri and owned by Mid-Coast Radio Project, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Formed in 1988, it broadcasts at 100,000 watts on 90.1 FM. Its music programming includes blues, jazz, reggae, rock, hip ...

Electoral history

Morgan got 77 percent of the vote in a special election 2011-11-08 to fill the seat vacated by Jean Peters-Baker, who had resigned earlier that year to become the Prosecutor of Jackson County, Missouri. She served just under 4.5 terms, the maximum allowed under Missouri term limits. She got 83 percent of the vote in 2012, and was unopposed in 2014, 2016, and 2018. She was termed out in 2020 and was replaced by Emily Weber.

Life before political office

Ms. Morgan graduated from Bishop Hogan High School in 1966. She holds a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and a master's degree in Guidance and Counseling from the

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. Before being elected to the Missouri House, Ms. Morgan was a social studies teacher at Lincoln College Prep and Central High School for 14 years and worked as a counselor at Northeast High School for 15 years, both in the Kansas City, Missouri, School District. She also served as President of the

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, Local 691, for 10 years. In 2010-09-22 she was elected to serve on the Board of 90.1 FM,

, Kansas City Community Radio. She's married with a daughter and son-in-law.

References

1948 births Living people Politicians from Kansas City, Missouri Women state legislators in Missouri Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians {{Missouri-politician-stub