Lucia Kay McBath (née Holman; born June 1, 1960) is an American politician who has served in the United States House of Representatives from a district in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, since 2019.

McBath switched to the 7th district after redistricting in 2020 made the 6th significantly more favorable to Republicans; she defeated the 7th's incumbent, Carolyn Bourdeaux, in the Democratic primary and won the general election.

[2][3] Her father, Lucien Holman, was a dentist who owned The Black Voice, an African-American newspaper, and served as president of the NAACP's Illinois chapter.

[4] McBath attended Virginia State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1982.

[3] In 2012, McBath's 17-year-old son, Jordan Davis, was shot and killed following an argument at a gas station in Florida about loud music.

[6] Her son's killer, Michael Dunn, was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

[7] Following her son's death, McBath joined Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America as a national spokeswoman.

She attended a speech by President Barack Obama on gun violence at the White House[8] and supported the My Brother's Keeper Challenge.

[11] McBath campaigned actively for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election[10] and spoke on her behalf at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

[12][13] McBath created a foundation, Champion In The Making Legacy, to help high school graduates continue their education and training.

Several other factors contributed to her decision, including the election of Donald Trump and the undoing of previously enacted gun control measures.

[3][8][17][18] The district, which was once represented by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senator Johnny Isakson, included many of Atlanta's northern suburbs, such as Alpharetta, Roswell, Johns Creek, Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Brookhaven, and parts of Tucker and Marietta.

Handel defeated Jon Ossoff in a hotly contested 2017 special election that remains the most expensive U.S. House race in American history.

[23] But for his first seven terms, Gingrich represented a district that stretched across a swath of exurban and rural territory south and west of Atlanta;[24] he transferred to the reconfigured 6th after the 1990 census.

In November 2021, McBath announced that she would run for reelection in the 7th district, held by fellow Democrat Carolyn Bourdeaux.

[40] McBath has stated support for "incremental measures to shore up" the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

She supports universal background checks before purchasing a firearm, as well as red flag laws to keep guns out of the hands of people at risk of violence.

She also promised to push for "implementing background checks for all firearm purchases; raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 years of age; working to defeat conceal carry reciprocity measures; and introducing legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and other criminals.