Morgan McGarvey

On October 12, 2021, McGarvey launched a campaign to represent Kentucky's 3rd congressional district after Kentucky's sole Democratic Congressman and Chair of the House Budget Committee John Yarmuth announced his retirement from the seat. In the primary election, McGarvey defeated state Representative Attica Scott for the Democratic nomination. McGarvey won his election and began his first term in Congress in January 2023.

McGarvey has received praise for his legislative achievements from Mothers Against Drunk Driving; they named him their 2015 Legislator of the Year and also from the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, which gave him a Leadership Award. McGarvey was named a Most Valuable Policymaker by Greater Louisville Inc. and 2016 Outstanding Young Professional by the University of Kentucky College of Law.

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, 2012. In 2016, he was re-elected to a second four-year term after defeating Republican Larry West in the general election. In 2018, he became Minority Floor Leader for the Kentucky State Senate. On November 3, 2020, McGarvey won election for his third term after running unopposed.

The life of McGarvey's family has been documented by photographer Pam Spaulding for over forty years beginnning 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. Spaulding continues to work documenting the McGarveys today.

McGarvey was born in Louisville, Kentucky and attended duPont Manual High School. 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. Morgan is the son of John McGarvey, who was a staff member for former Kentucky Governor Wendell Ford and has been the current city attorney for Anchorage, Kentucky since 1987.

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. He was a member of the Kentucky Senate representing the 19th district. In December 2018, he was elected as a minority leader, becoming one of the youngest members of a general assembly in the nation to serve in a leadership role.