Morgan McGarvey

Democrat Representative of Kentucky's 3rd district

Representative
Kentucky, district 3
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

202-225-5401

@RepMcGarvey

mcgarvey.house.gov

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December 23, 1979 (45 years old)

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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