Andrew Wegley – June 25, 2024 – Lincoln Journal Star

My cmnt: I suffered under this guy as our state legislator for years. He was within a few hundred votes of being elected as another “Soros” type democrat County Attorney. Naturally he makes his, very good, living running a “non” profit. Now he’s leaving the NP since he didn’t get the CA job he coveted so that he could do even more damage to Nebraska while working overtime to implement the democrat Leftist agenda for America. I should note that if the uncontroversial (except to the democrats who fought it) redistricting had not been done I and my family would still be suffering under his reign (or another democrat legislator just like him – we have worthless term limits so two of them just jockey back and forth when the other is ousted from office by term limits.

After more than 15 years at the civic engagement-focused nonprofit he helped found in his college dorm room in 2008, Adam Morfeld plans to leave his post as Civic Nebraska’s executive director Aug. 1, he announced Monday.

A lawyer, former state lawmaker and the longtime director of the nonprofit — previously known as Nebraskans for Civic Reform — Morfeld is departing the organization to “lead a brand-new democracy-building initiative” in Nebraska, the nature of which he hasn’t unveiled.

“An organization needs to grow beyond its founder, and I wouldn’t be leaving if I didn’t feel the organization was ready,” Morfeld said in an email to Civic Nebraska supporters Monday. “I am confident that it will meet this next phase at full speed — Civic Nebraska enjoys a strong financial position; has experienced, highly functioning leaders; and has a board of directors that is deeply committed to the organization’s long-term success.”

Kyle Cartwright, the organization’s director of development, will serve as the nonprofit’s interim director while the board performs “a statewide search for the next executive director,” Morfeld said in his email.

Morfeld helped catapult the organization from his University of Nebraska-Lincoln dorm room to a nonprofit with statewide reach and more than 100 full- and part-time staffers.

Tax filing data published by the news organization ProPublica show the nonprofit’s annual revenue ballooned from less than $1 million in 2016 to nearly $4 million in 2020. But the filings show the organization lost money that year, spending about $350,000 more than it brought in.

Morfeld made $90,830 as the nonprofit’s director in 2022, the latest year for which published tax filings are available.

“Today, Civic Nebraska builds, sustains and expands democracy around the Cornhusker State,” he wrote Monday, pointing to the organization’s “growth and efficiency” as “a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team, as well as the unwavering support of our community.”

The organization, too, helped catapult Morfeld. At 28 years old, he was elected in 2015 to represent Lincoln’s District 46 in the Legislature, where he championed democratic causes, Medicaid expansion, criminal justice reform, free speech protections for student journalists and the legalization of medical marijuana — a fight that remains unfinished.

He also fought for Lincoln and Lancaster County amid divisive redistricting in 2021.

Morfeld ran for Lancaster County Attorney after he was term-limited in the Legislature in 2022, losing to Republican incumbent Pat Condon by 781 votes.

A month later, he launched the Nebraska Legal Action Fund, a group of volunteer attorneys dedicated to combating extremism, harassment and misinformation in defense of educators, public officials, election officials and members of the LGBTQ community in Nebraska.

The group represented Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt in her 2023 defamation lawsuit against a political action committee that made social media posts claiming Hunt was grooming her transgender child. A judge dismissed the lawsuit in September.

It’s unclear what Morfeld plans to do next. He was not available for an interview Monday afternoon.

Steve Smith, Civic Nebraska’s communications director, said Morfeld’s venture may go “beyond what a nonprofit would do.”

Smith said Morfeld notified the organization last week that he planned to leave and was not asked to resign by the nonprofit’s board.

“No one on the board wanted Adam to resign,” Smith said, adding: “We’re excited for Adam. It’s gonna be an exciting new endeavor for him.

Incumbent Pat Condon wins election for Lancaster County Attorney

November 15, 2022 6:26 pm –  Jordan Himes – KLKN news

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – After a heated race for Lancaster County attorney, the updated numbers show that Republican incumbent Pat Condon will narrowly beat out Democratic State Sen. Adam Morfeld.

In the latest release from the Lancaster County Election Commission, just over 781 votes separate them.

Morfeld conceded shortly after the latest round of results.

LANCASTER COUNTY ATTORNEY

• Pat Condon *Winner R 50.5% 55,880
• Adam Morfeld D 49.5% 54,839

* Incumbent

110,719

100.0% precincts reporting

Last updated: November 15, 2022 5:10 pm 5:10 pm CST

There are about 2,070 ballots remaining. Morfeld would need to win about 75% of those votes to overtake Condon.

And most of the remaining ballots are provisional ballots, some of which may be ruled ineligible.

Nebraska law provides for an automatic recount if the margin between the candidates is less than 1% of the votes received by the winner.

In this case, if Morfeld could reduce his deficit to about 500 votes, it may trigger a recount.

Condon and Morfeld sparred over hot topics like the prosecution of marijuana and abortion charges.

Condon was the deputy county attorney for 27 years before being appointed to replace Joe Kelly, who left his position to serve as the U.S. attorney for the District of Nebraska.

He has since served as county attorney for the last five years, running unopposed in 2018.

His run for reelection was announced in October 2021.

His endorsements included Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner; former Lincoln Police Chiefs Jeff Bliemeister and Jim Peschong; and Lynn Ayers, founder of the Lincoln-Lancaster County Child Advocacy Center.

Condon completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Iowa and his law degree at the Creighton University School of Law.

Morfeld was elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 2014 and was reelected in 2018.

In the legislature, he has served on the Education Committee and Judiciary Committee. He was also vice chair of the Committee on Committees and a member of the Education Commission of the States.

In 2018, he helped lead the successful Medicaid Expansion ballot initiative. He is also co-chair with Sen. Anna Wishart of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana.

In June 2020, Morfeld announced his plan to run for county attorney.

Morfeld completed his bachelor’s and law degree at the University of Nebraska.

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