Candidate · November 3, 2026

Morgan McGarvey

On the ballot for U.S. House · Kentucky's 3rd District

Democratic PartyIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$2.0M
cash on hand
$1.9M
issues with public statements
23
outside spending for or against
$2,517

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Kentucky's 3rd District1,2
Party on the ballotDemocratic Party1,2
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Kentucky's 3rd District in the U.S. House.3
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Morgan McGarvey was elected to Congress in 2022 and serves on the Veterans' Affairs, Small Business and Budget committees.4,5 Before that he served ten years in the Kentucky Senate, including four years as Minority Leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus.4,5 He graduated from Manual High School in Louisville, earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a law degree from the University of Kentucky School of Law.4,5

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he is running for reelection to fight for the people of Louisville, make Washington work for people again and stand up for the community's values.6

Service in Congress since 2023

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Health Care

His campaign website says health care is a basic human right and that he supports Medicare for All to ensure everyone is covered with quality, affordable, accessible care.9

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says the Affordable Care Act and Kentucky's Medicaid expansion brought health insurance coverage to over 400,000 Kentuckians, and calls it a game changer for families.9

Social Security and Medicare

His campaign website says Medicare must be allowed to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies.9

His campaign website says health insurance coverage must be expanded to include vision, dental and hearing.9

Education

His campaign website says the United States should expand public education to include universal pre-Kindergarten and free community college, and fund public universities enough to make them affordable.10

  1. No free tuition program
  2. Free tuition at community colleges
  3. Free tuition at public colleges and universities
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website lists a Kentucky law barring transgender children from school sports among what it calls a wave of anti-LGBTQ discrimination by state governments.11

Family and Social Policy

His campaign website says he supports subsidizing affordable child care and passing universal pre-Kindergarten.12

His campaign website says he supports at least four weeks of paid family leave.12

  1. Create a national paid leave program for all workers
  2. Expand tax credits for employers that offer paid leave, without a national requirement
  3. Keep current federal law, leaving paid leave to employers and states
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says he supports making the Child Tax Credit permanent, saying that while it was in effect it lifted nearly 4 million children out of poverty.12

Economy, Jobs and Trade

His campaign website says he supports raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and then indexing it to inflation.12

  1. Keep at $7.25 or leave to states
  2. Raise it to less than $15, such as $10 or $12
  3. Raise to $15 or more
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says he will be a cosponsor and staunch supporter of the PRO Act to protect the right to form a union and bargain collectively.13

  1. Make it easier to form a union (for example, the PRO Act)
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Add requirements such as a secret-ballot election before every union is recognized
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says that in the state Senate he opposed Right to Work.13

Immigration

His campaign website says a broad path to citizenship must be the centerpiece of any serious immigration reform that moves 11 million people out of the shadows.14

  1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
  2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
  3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
  4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says he opposes efforts to force local law enforcement to take over immigration enforcement from the federal government.14

Crime, Policing and Prisons

His campaign website says he supports full legalization and decriminalization of marijuana at the federal level, with commuted sentences and expunged convictions for low-level offenders.15

  1. Keep recreational use against the law
  2. Reduce penalties for having small amounts, without legal sales
  3. Let each state decide, with no federal penalties where a state allows it
  4. Make it legal for adults to buy and use
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

His campaign website says he will be a vote for and a cosponsor of the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.11

  1. Pass broad protections such as the Equality Act
  2. Add protections with broad exemptions for religious groups and businesses
  3. No new federal protections; leave it to the states
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to guarantee access to the ballot for all Americans.16

  1. Restore and widen protections by law, such as federal approval of voting changes in places with a history of discrimination (for example, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act)
  2. Keep current law, as the Supreme Court read it in 2026, without the federal approval requirement
  3. Stop applying the law to how district maps are drawn
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

His campaign website says he will always fight for a woman's right to an abortion and will be a vote to put Roe v. Wade into federal law.17

  1. Legal only to save the pregnant woman's life
  2. Legal only in cases of rape or incest, or to save the woman's life
  3. Legal early in pregnancy only, up to a limit such as 6, 12 or 15 weeks
  4. Legal until about 24 weeks, as under Roe v. Wade, and later to protect the woman's life or health
  5. Legal at every stage, with no limit based on weeks of pregnancy
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says he will be a vote to put Roe v. Wade into federal law so that state legislatures cannot take away a woman's right to terminate a pregnancy.17

  1. A national law making abortion legal in every state, at least until viability, as under Roe v. Wade
  2. Leave abortion law to each state
  3. A national law limiting abortion (for example, after 15 weeks of pregnancy)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

His campaign website says he will vote to require that health insurance providers cover birth control.17

Elections and Government Reform

His campaign website says he supports expanding absentee voting, along with automatic voter registration, same-day registration, early voting, ballot dropboxes and making election day a federal holiday.16

Energy and Climate

His campaign website says he supports infrastructure spending to speed the deployment of electric vehicles and tax incentives for consumers who buy union-made and American-made electric vehicles.18

His campaign website says he supports federal spending and tax incentives to dramatically expand renewable energy buildout in the United States.18

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Morgan McGarvey served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Morgan McGarvey sponsored or cosponsored 28 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.71

Raised$1,998,328
Spent$1,327,900
Cash on hand$1,933,846

Where the money came from

Individual donors$1.0M · 52%
PACs and other political committees$717K · 36%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$183K · 9%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$56K · 3%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $2,517 supporting and $0 opposing Morgan McGarvey this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 23, 2026.72

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
Planned Parenthood Alliance PAC , Serving WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY$2,517—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.