Morgan McGarvey

Democrat Representative of Kentucky's 3rd district

  • Representative

    Kentucky, district 3

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

December 23, 1979 (45 years old)

Birthday

  • American attorney and politician
  • Served as a U.S. representative since 2023
  • Represented the 19th district in the Kentucky Senate from 2013 to 2023
  • Elected minority leader of the Kentucky Senate in 2018, becoming one of the youngest general assembly members in the nation to serve in a leadership role
  • Only Democrat in Kentucky’s congressional delegation as of his tenure starting in 2023
  • Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Attended duPont Manual High School
  • Holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law
  • Worked for Jack Conway as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky, for U.S. Representative Ben Chandler, and the law firm Frost Brown Todd before his election to the Kentucky State Senate
  • Practices law at Morgan Pottinger McGarvey, a firm founded by his grandfather
  • First elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 2012, reelected in 2016 and 2020
  • Committee assignments in the Senate included Appropriations and Revenue, Medicaid Oversight and Advisory, Banking and Insurance, State and Local Government, and Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Task Force
  • Received recognition from Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility for his legislative work
  • Launched a successful campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022, succeeding John Yarmuth
  • Committee assignments in the 118th Congress include the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
  • Member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, New Democrat Coalition, Congressional Equality Caucus, and Congressional Bus Caucus
  • Lives in Louisville with his wife, Chris, and their three children
  • His family has been documented by photographer Pam Spaulding for over forty years, with their life featured in a National Geographic book