Democrat · Georgia's 6th District · 2026
Lucy McBath
McBath spent 30 years as a Delta flight attendant before becoming a national advocate for gun safety.
Biography
Before entering Congress, Lucy McBath spent thirty years working for Delta as a flight attendant.12 Her son, Jordan Davis, was killed in a 2012 shooting at a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida.1 She left airline work for a second career advocating measures to prevent gun violence.1
Born in Joliet, Illinois, McBath graduated from Virginia State University in 1982.2 She created the Champion in the Making Legacy Foundation, which assists high school graduates pursuing traditional or technical college education.1 She is active in Eagle's Nest Church in Roswell and belongs to Delta Sigma Theta Sorority's local alumni chapter.1
Her advocacy work included Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, traveling across the country to speak with lawmakers and organizers.1 She entered Congress in January 2019.2 She sponsored the HAVEN Act, which became law that year.34 It excludes certain Veterans Affairs and Defense payments related to disability, combat injury or death from bankruptcy income calculations.4
McBath supports universal background checks and red flag laws designed to limit gun access for people considered potentially dangerous.1 She has discussed surviving breast cancer twice and campaigns for affordable healthcare.5 She also favors greater transparency in campaign financing.5 She faces Republican Kevin Martin in Georgia's 6th District.6
Record and controversies
Complaints over campaign ads and an official video
A 2020 complaint alleged that McBath and her campaign unlawfully coordinated 2018 advertising with Everytown organizations, citing her former work for that network; the respondents denied coordination and argued that the complaint was speculative.78 The FEC split 3 to 3 on finding reason to believe violations occurred and unanimously closed the file in 2021.9 That deadlock was neither a violation finding nor a unanimous decision on the complaint's merits.9
A separate complaint alleged that a taxpayer funded video promoting McBath's legislative work was an improper campaign contribution.10 Her response said it was an official communication approved by the bipartisan House communications commission, and the FEC report noted that the federal government falls outside the campaign finance statute's definition of a contributor.10 The commission dismissed the matter in 2024 using prosecutorial discretion, following a recommendation citing low priority and lack of applicable authority.10