Morgan McGarvey

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Morgan McGarvey

| image = Rep. Morgan McGarvey - 118th Congress (cropped2).jpg

| state = Kentucky

| district = {{ushr|KY|3|3rd}}

| term_start = January 3, 2023

| term_end =

| predecessor = John Yarmuth

| successor =

| office1 = Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate

| term_start1 = January 8, 2019

| term_end1 = January 2, 2023

| predecessor1 = Ray Jones II

| successor1 = Gerald Neal

| state_senate2 = Kentucky

| district2 = 19th

| term_start2 = December 4, 2012

| term_end2 = January 2, 2023

| predecessor2 = Tim Shaughnessy

| successor2 = Cassie Chambers Armstrong

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|12|23}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Chris Danner

| children = 3

| education = University of Missouri (BA)
University of Kentucky (JD)

| website = {{URL|https://mcgarvey.house.gov/|House website}}

| module =

| birth_name = John Morgan McGarvey

| signature = Signature of Morgan McGarvey.svg

}}

John Morgan McGarvey (born December 23, 1979) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Kentucky's 3rd congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the 19th district in the Kentucky Senate from 2012 to 2023. In 2018, he was elected minority leader, becoming one of the youngest members of a state legislature to serve in a leadership role.{{cite web |url=https://www.nkytribune.com/2018/12/senate-democratic-caucus-elects-morgan-mcgarvey-of-louisville-as-new-floor-leader/ |title=Senate democratic caucus elects Morgan McGarvey of Louisville as new floor leader |newspaper=Northern Kentucky Tribune |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135331/https://www.nkytribune.com/2018/12/senate-democratic-caucus-elects-morgan-mcgarvey-of-louisville-as-new-floor-leader/ |url-status=live }} He is currently the only Democrat in Kentucky's congressional delegation.

Early life and education

McGarvey was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and attended duPont Manual High School.{{cite web |url=http://dlcc.wiredforchange.com/o/7472/p/wfc/web/candidate/biography/public/?key=369 |title=Meet Morgan McGarvey |publisher=McGarvey for State Senate |access-date=July 22, 2014 |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415151442/http://dlcc.wiredforchange.com/o/7472/p/wfc/web/candidate/biography/public/?key=369 |url-status=live }} He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/feature/morgan-mcgarvey.html |title=Forty Under 40: Morgan McGarvey |work=Louisville Business First |date=September 27, 2013 |quote=Morgan McGarvey, senior associate, Morgan & Pottinger PSC; Kentucky state senator. Age: 33. Birthplace: Louisville. |access-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811005059/http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/feature/morgan-mcgarvey.html |url-status=live }} He is the son of John McGarvey, a staff member for former Kentucky Governor Wendell Ford and the city attorney for Anchorage, Kentucky, since 1987.{{cite news |title=Two officials resign in Anchorage|date=January 28, 1987 |department=Neighborhoods|page=3 |newspaper=The Courier-Journal|last=Miller|first=Howard}}

Early political career

Before his election to the Kentucky State Senate, McGarvey worked for Jack Conway as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Kentucky. He also worked for U.S. Representative Ben Chandler and the law firm Frost Brown Todd.{{cite news |last=Hodge |first=Rae |title=Once an Aspiring 'War Correspondent,' Morgan McGarvey Settles into Senate |url=http://wfpl.org/post/once-aspiring-war-correspondent-morgan-mcgarvey-settles-senate |access-date=December 19, 2013 |newspaper=WFPL News |date=March 11, 2013 |archive-date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219152329/http://wfpl.org/post/once-aspiring-war-correspondent-morgan-mcgarvey-settles-senate |url-status=live }} McGarvey practices law at Morgan Pottinger McGarvey, a firm his grandfather founded.{{cite web |url=https://mpmfirm.com/attorneys/morgan-mcgarvey/ |title=J. Morgan McGarvey |work=Morgan Pottinger McGarvey |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507124628/https://mpmfirm.com/attorneys/morgan-mcgarvey/ |url-status=live }}

Kentucky Senate

McGarvey was first elected in the 2012 election for Kentucky State Senate District 19. He defeated three other candidates in the Democratic primary on May 22, 2012, with 40.7% of the vote and was unopposed in the general election on November 6. In 2016, he was reelected to a second four-year term, defeating Republican nominee Larry West in the general election. In 2018, he became minority floor leader for the Kentucky State Senate. On November 3, 2020, McGarvey was elected to a third term unopposed.

In the Senate, his committee assignments included the Appropriations and Revenue Committee, Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Committee, the Banking and Insurance Committee, the State and Local Government Committee, and the Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Task Force.{{cite news |url=https://www.morganmcgarvey.com/ |title=McGarvey for State Senate |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125025324/https://www.morganmcgarvey.com/ }}

Mothers Against Drunk Driving named McGarvey its 2015 Legislator of the Year. The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility gave him a Leadership Award.{{cite news |url=https://www.responsibility.org/2019-responsibility-org-leadership-awards/ |title=2019 Responsibility.org Leadership Awards |work=Responsibility.org |date=December 20, 2019 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126073206/https://www.responsibility.org/2019-responsibility-org-leadership-awards/ |url-status=live }} McGarvey was named a Most Valuable Policymaker by Greater Louisville Inc. and 2016 Outstanding Young Professional by the University of Kentucky College of Law.{{cite news |url=https://mpmfirm.com/2016/05/senator-mcgarvey-receives-uk-college-of-law-young-professional-award/ |title=Senator Morgan McGarvey Receives UK College of Law Young Professional Award |work=Morgan Pottinger McGarvey |date=May 12, 2016 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507141059/https://mpmfirm.com/2016/05/senator-mcgarvey-receives-uk-college-of-law-young-professional-award/ |url-status=live }}

U.S. House of Representatives

= 2022 election =

{{main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky#District 3}}

On October 12, 2021, McGarvey launched a campaign to represent Kentucky's 3rd congressional district after Kentucky's sole Democratic U.S. representative, John Yarmuth, announced his retirement from the seat.{{cite web |date=October 13, 2021 |title=Minutes after Rep. Yarmuth announcement, Sen. Morgan McGarvey says he'll run to fill the seat |url=https://www.wlky.com/article/yarmuth-mcgarvey-kentucky-congress/37938717 |publisher=WLKY |access-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013045951/https://www.wlky.com/article/yarmuth-mcgarvey-kentucky-congress/37938717 |url-status=live }} In the primary election, McGarvey defeated state Representative Attica Scott.{{Cite news |date=July 7, 2021 |title=Kentucky State Rep. Attica Scott announces congressional run for Yarmuth seat |work=WDRB |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-state-rep-attica-scott-announces-congressional-run-for-yarmuth-seat/article_6af5c306-df13-11eb-a805-278ab8744a81.html |access-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-date=July 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711024616/https://www.wdrb.com/news/kentucky-state-rep-attica-scott-announces-congressional-run-for-yarmuth-seat/article_6af5c306-df13-11eb-a805-278ab8744a81.html |url-status=live }} McGarvey won the general election and joined Congress in January 2023.{{Cite web |last=Watkins |first=Morgan |title=Kentucky state Sen. Morgan McGarvey wins Democratic primary for Rep. John Yarmuth's seat |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/17/kentucky-democrat-morgan-mcgarvey-victorious-race-rep-john-yarmuth-seat/9675973002/ |access-date=May 27, 2022 |website=The Courier-Journal |language=en-US |archive-date=May 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514020531/https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/17/kentucky-democrat-morgan-mcgarvey-victorious-race-rep-john-yarmuth-seat/9675973002/ |url-status=live }}

=2024 presidential nominee=

On July 19, 2024, McGarvey called for Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 United States presidential election.{{cite web |title=Every Big Name Urging Biden To Drop Out: Sen. Sherrod Brown Joins 35 Democrats In Congress |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/07/19/every-big-name-urging-biden-to-drop-out-sen-sherrod-brown-joins-35-democrats-in-congress/ |website=Forbes |access-date=20 July 2024}}

=Committee assignments=

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Morgan McGarvey |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/M001220 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-date=June 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627135453/https://clerk.house.gov/members/M001220 |url-status=live }}

= Caucus memberships =

Congressional Progressive Caucus
New Democrat Coalition{{Cite web |title=Leadership {{!}} New Democrat Coalition |url=https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=newdemocratcoalition.house.gov |language=en |archive-date=May 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509123404/https://newdemocratcoalition.house.gov/members |url-status=live }}
Congressional Equality Caucus
Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment{{cite web|title=Membership|author=|url=https://bush.house.gov/era/about/membership|format=|publisher=Congressional Caucus for the Equal Rights Amendment|date=|accessdate=18 September 2024}}
[https://www.buscoalition.com/congressional/ Congressional Bus Caucus]
Rare Disease Caucus{{cite web|title=Rare Disease Congressional Caucus|author=|url=https://everylifefoundation.org/rare-advocates/rarecaucus/rarecaucus-members/|format=|publisher=Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases|date=|accessdate=13 December 2024}}

Personal life

McGarvey and his wife, Chris, live in the Strathmoor neighborhood, a part of the Highlands in Louisville, with their three children.

The life of McGarvey's family has been documented by photographer Pam Spaulding for over forty years beginning before McGarvey was born. Spaulding began the project while working at the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper and published photos of the McGarveys in the 2009 book An American Family: Three Decades with the McGarveys, published by National Geographic.{{cite news |last=Dukehart |first=Coburn |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/11/an_american_family.html |title=An American Family |publisher=NPR |date=November 4, 2009 |access-date=January 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505164927/https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/11/an_american_family.html |url-status=live }} Spaulding continues to work documenting the McGarveys today.

Electoral history

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|title=Kentucky State Senate, District 19 Democratic Primary, 2012

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey

| votes = 5,030

| percentage = 40.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Sarah Lynn Cunningham

| votes = 4,261

| percentage = 34.5%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Amy E. Shoemaker

| votes = 1,812

| percentage = 14.7%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Gary Demling

| votes = 1,253

| percentage = 10.1%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 12,356

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title=Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2012{{cite web |url=https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf | title=Official 2012 General Election Results | access-date=November 13, 2021 | archive-date=January 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127172228/https://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%2520Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf | url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey

| votes = 39,327

| percentage = 100%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 39,327

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

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|title=Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016{{cite web |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2016%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf | title=Official 2016 General Election Results | access-date=November 13, 2021 | archive-date=October 16, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191016011044/https://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2016%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf | url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey (incumbent)

| votes = 39,026

| percentage = 61.71%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Larry West

| votes = 24,214

| percentage = 38.29%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 63,240

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

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|title=Kentucky State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2020{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Morgan_McGarvey | title=Morgan McGarvey | work=Ballotpedia | access-date=January 1, 2021 | archive-date=December 22, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222233153/https://ballotpedia.org/Morgan_McGarvey | url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey

| votes = 50,867

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 50,867

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box begin no change

|title=Kentucky 3rd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2022{{cite web |title=Election Night Reporting |url=https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/liveresults/Public/County?id=58 |website=vrsws.sos.ky.gov |publisher=Kentucky State Board of Elections |access-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-date=November 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108025424/https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/liveresults/Public/County?id=58 |url-status=live }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey

| votes = 52,157

| percentage = 63.34%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Attica Scott

| votes = 30,183

| percentage = 36.66%

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 82,340

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Kentucky 3rd Congressional District General Election, 2022{{cite web |title=Certified General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/1.17.2023%20Certified%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf | page=11 |publisher=Kentucky Secretary of State |date=17 January 2023}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 160,920

| percentage = 61.99%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Stuart Ray

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 98,637

| percentage = 38.00%

}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 30

| percentage = 0.01%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 259,587

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Kentucky 3rd Congressional District Democratic Primary, 2024{{cite web |title=Kentucky Election Night Reporting |url=https://vrsws.sos.ky.gov/liveresults/ |publisher=Kentucky Secretary of State |access-date=29 June 2024}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 44,275

| percentage = 84.11%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Geoffrey M. "Geoff" Young

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 5,875

| percentage = 11.16%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jared Randall

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 2,491

| percentage = 4.73%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 52,641

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

{{Election box begin no change

| title = Kentucky 3rd Congressional District General Election, 2024{{cite web |title=Certified General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2024%20General%20Election%20Certification%20as%20Amended%20on%20December%209th%202024.pdf | page=12 |publisher=Kentucky Secretary of State |date=29 December 2024}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Morgan McGarvey (incumbent)

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 203,100

| percentage = 61.95%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mike Craven

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 124,713

| percentage = 38.04%

}}

{{Election box write-in with party link no change

| votes = 51

| percentage = 0.02%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 327,864

| percentage = 100.0%

}}

References

External links

[https://mcgarvey.house.gov/ Congressman Morgan McGarvey] official U.S. House website
[https://www.morganmcgarvey.com/ Morgan McGarvey for Congress] campaign website
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{{s-ttl|title=Member of the Kentucky Senate
from the 19th district|years=2013–2023}}

{{s-ttl|title=Minority Leader of the Kentucky Senate|years=2019–2023}}

{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district|years=2023–present}}

{{s-ttl|title=United States representatives by seniority|years=343rd}}

{{USCongRep-start|congresses= 118th–present United States Congress |state=Kentucky}}

Category:1979 births

Category:21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly

Category:Democratic Party Kentucky state senators

Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky

Category:University of Kentucky College of Law alumni

Category:University of Missouri alumni

Category:21st-century members of the United States House of Representatives