Morgan McGarvey

McGarvey was born in Louisville, Kentucky and attended duPont Manual High School.[2] 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.[3]

Prior to his election to the Senate, McGarvey worked for Jack Conway as special assistant to the Attorney General of Kentucky. He also previously worked for U.S. Representative Ben Chandler and for the law firm Frost Brown Todd.[4] McGarvey now practices law at Morgan Pottinger McGarvey, a firm founded by his grandfather.[5]

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 the republican candidate in the general election. In 2018, he assumed the position of Minority Floor Leader for the Kentucky State Senate. On November 3, 2020, McGarvey won election for his third term in the Kentucky State Senate after running unopposed.[6]

In the senate, his committee assignments include the 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.[7]

McGarvey’s legislative achievements have garnered him praise from Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who named him their 2015 Legislator of the Year[7] and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, who bestowed him with a Leadership Award.[8] McGarvey was named a Most Valuable Policymaker by Greater Louisville Inc.[7] and 2016 Outstanding Young Professional by the University of Kentucky College of Law.[9]

McGarvey and his wife, Chris, live in the Strathmoor neighborhood, a part of the Highlands in Louisville, Kentucky, with their three children.[7]

The life of McGarvey's family has been documented by photographer Pam Spaulding for over forty years, dating back to before McGarvey was born. Spaulding began the project while working at the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper and published her photos in a 2009 book for National Geographic: An American Family: Three Decades with the McGarveys.[10] Spauldings work documenting the McGarveys continues today.

.

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Twitter account
• Legislative website
• Appearances on C-SPAN