Lucy McBath

DemocratU.S. Representative, GA-6

Age	66 (b. 1960-06-01)
Gender	Female
In office since	2019-01-03 (~7 yrs)
Race / ethnicity	Biracial/African American (Black father, white mother)
Religion	Christian
Education	B.A. in Political Science, Virginia State University (1982)
Prior occupation	Flight attendant for Delta Air Lines (approximately 30-year career); later national spokeswoman for Moms Demand Action / Everytown for Gun Safety
Military service	No
Birthplace	Joliet, Illinois
Marital status	Married — Curtis McBath
Children	1
Residence	Marietta, Georgia
Notable relatives	Father Lucien Holman was president of the NAACP's Illinois chapter; son Jordan Davis (1995-2012) was murdered, prompting her gun-control activism

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Career & politics

First elected	2018
Previous offices	U.S. Representative, Georgia's 6th congressional district (2019-2023) · U.S. Representative, Georgia's 7th congressional district (2023-2025)
Committees	Committee on the Judiciary (Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance) · Committee on Education and the Workforce (Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions; Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development)
Caucuses	Congressional Black Caucus · New Democrat Coalition · Black Maternal Health Caucus · Congressional Equality Caucus · Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
Leadership	Ranking Member, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (119th Congress)
Ideology	Voted as a centrist-to-progressive Democrat; GovTrack placed her among the more left-leaning members of the Georgia delegation (ranked 4th most left in the GA delegation as of 2022). Named among the most effective Democratic lawmakers in the House (118th Congress).
Signature legislation	H.R. 8, Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (helped lead passage in the House) · Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act (red flag legislation, passed House 2022) · Victims' VOICES Act (signed into law 2024, ensuring restitution for victims' representatives) · VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021 (original cosponsor; signed into law)

Financial

Net worth: disclosed $964,000–$2,350,000 (2018) · estimate

Fidelity Large Cap Growth	fund · –$500,000 · 2025
Fidelity S&P 500 Index Fund	fund · –$500,000 · 2025
Fidelity Small/Mid Cap Index Fund	fund · –$250,000 · 2025
Fidelity Contra Fund Commingled Pool	fund · –$250,000 · 2025
Fidelity Small/Mid Growth Index Fund	fund · –$250,000 · 2025

Top donors: Delta Air Lines ($19,607 (2024 cycle))

Top industries: Retired · Lawyers/Law Firms · Democratic/Liberal (ideological PACs) · Air Transport

Scandals & crimes ledger

resolved — Cobb County revokes McBath homestead tax exemption for 2016-2018, assesses back taxes

financial/corruption · 2016-01-01 · During McBath's 2018 congressional campaign, reporting surfaced that she and her husband, Curtis McBath, had claimed a Cobb County, Georgia homestead property-tax exemption on their Marietta home while multiple residency indicators (vehicle registrations, voter registration, and family relocation to Tennessee in 2016) pointed to Tennessee, not Georgia, as their actual primary residence during that period. McBath herself said at a 2018 candidate debate that she had lived in Tennessee for part of 2016 while helping her husband with family matters before returning to the district in 2017. The Cobb County Tax Commissioner's Office subsequently audited the exemption claim. Georgia homestead exemption law limits such an audit to a three-year lookback, and the office determined the McBaths did not meet Georgia primary-residency requirements (including vehicle registration and voting residency) to claim the exemption for tax years 2016, 2017, and 2018 -- the year she was elected to Congress. · The Cobb County Tax Commissioner's Office revoked the homestead exemption for tax years 2016-2018 and assessed back taxes, which the office confirmed were paid.

The Cobb County Tax Commissioner's Office determined McBath and her husband did not qualify for a Georgia homestead property-tax exemption they had claimed for 2016-2018, revoked the exemption, and assessed roughly $1,197 in back taxes, which were paid.

Sources: AllOnGeorgia · AllOnGeorgia · Washington Free Beacon · Atlanta Journal-Constitution