Morfeld was born July 22, 1985, at Long Beach Naval Station and graduated from Lincoln High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 2003. His father is a former Marine of 26 years that currently works for the Department of the Navy and his mother is an assistant in the Treasurers Office at the Lincoln County Courthouse in Canton, South Dakota.
Morfeld is a fifth generation Nebraskan. He specializes in voting rights and non-profit administration and compliance. While an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Morfeld founded Nebraskans for Civic Reform (National Cash Register) in 2008, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that works to create a more modern and robust democracy for all Nebraskans with 30 full and part-time staff
National Cash Register engages youth through substantive community service learning and leadership programs in schools, and ensuring elections are accessible for youth, low income, people with disabilities and seniors through voting rights investigations, litigation, research, and policy advocacy.
Morfeld still serves as the Executive Director. Morfeld announced his candidacy for the Legislature in 2012, knocked his district five times, and was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 2014 with 68 percent of the vote.
In addition he also serves on the Special Investigative Committee for the Department of Corrections. Morfeld’s legislative agenda focuses on strengthening education, providing a strong voice for working Nebraskans, affordable higher education, and ensuring quality of life and stability for seniors.
Senator Morfeld is also a staunch advocate for LGBT equality, voting rights, and civil rights in Nebraska.
In addition, Morfeld has tackled student issues such as passing a medical amnesty law that helps prevents of alcohol overdoses and is working to address sexual assault on campuses and statewide.
In 2009, he graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor in Political Science and went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska-College of Law in 2012. During his time as a law student, he was a member of the Nebraska Law Review.
He serves as a member of the Judiciary and Education Committees of the Legislature. He is the third youngest member of the Legislature and represents downtown, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Campus, and Northeast Lincoln.
