[3] Morgan began his career by working at federal U.S. Department of Defense contractor Science Applications International Corporation in finance and acquisitions.

[4][11] He defeated Maryland Adjutant General Timothy Gowen in the Republican primary on July 19, receiving 64.8 percent of the vote.

[4] His wife, Maria, died in November 2012 following a long battle with injuries sustained in a traffic accident in July 2011.

[7][18] Morgan opposed a bill introduced by state delegate Brian M. Crosby that would require elections for county commissioners to only be decided by voters within the districts in which the candidate is running rather than at-large, voting in 2021 to ask the Maryland General Assembly for a referendum on the bill and for another another referendum on eliminating districts altogether.

[22] In June 2019, Morgan described a Drag Queen Story Hour event held at the St. Mary's County Library as "going after and targeting the kids for sexuality".

He also supports deregulation and requiring the state to providing additional funding to counties to pay for "unfunded mandates from Annapolis".