Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Lucy McBath

Official portrait of Lucy McBath
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Georgia’s 6th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Marietta, GA
Born
1960
In Congress
House since 2019 · 7 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
MCBATH, LUCIA KAY MS.
Next election
Primary June 9, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Georgia with the current district highlighted

Georgia, District 6

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Georgia District 6IncumbentWon the general election (54.6%)

FEC candidate ID H8GA06393 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF LUCY MCBATH

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Georgia District 6$1,189,989.22General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Georgia District 6$2,454,303.29Won the general election (74.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Georgia District 7$5,596,710.62Won the general election (61.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Georgia District 6$8,678,503.63Won the general election (54.6%)
Total raised$8,678,503.63
Total spent$8,757,258.96
Cash on hand$139,929.02
Debts owed by the campaign$36,840.92
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $7,026,782.75PACs and other committees: $869,818.30Party committees: $11,999.34Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $658,013.35Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $111,889.89
  • Individual contributions$7,026,782.7581%
  • PACs and other committees$869,818.3010%
  • Party committees$11,999.340%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$658,013.358%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$111,889.891%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

263 committees reported giving $845,161.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Lucia Kay McBath$400,579.83
  • Independent expenditures opposing Lucia Kay McBath$1,839,169.55
  • Company and union communications to members about Lucia Kay McBath$6,044.14

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Georgia U.S. House, District 6, 2020 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Lucia Kay McBath (D)$8,678,503.63$139,929.022020-12-31
Karen Christine Handel (R)$3,109,435.77$41,001.032020-12-31
Joseph Profit (R)$608,811.51$253,762.162020-12-31
Brandon Beach (R)$558,132.19$0.002020-06-30
Nicole Rodden (R)$186,390.33$7,800.222020-12-31
Mykel Lynn Barthelemy (R)$7,056.00$518.712020-12-31
Paulette Smith (R)$4,212.50$0.002020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DOctober 21, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsLikely DOctober 29, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DOctober 15, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DSeptember 9, 2020
  • Daily KosLean DAugust 31, 2020
  • NiskanenLikely DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
GQR Research (D)August 11–16, 2020401 (LV)± 4.9%Lucy McBath 50% · Karen Handel 47%
North Star Opinion Research (R)July 26–28, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%Lucy McBath 48% · Karen Handel 46%
North Star Opinion Research (R)March 15–17, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%Lucy McBath 47% · Karen Handel 49%
NRCC (R)June 30 – July 2, 2019400 (LV)–Lucy McBath 42% · Karen Handel 46%
North Star Opinion Research/Politico (R)March 15–17, 2020400 (RV)± 4.9%Generic Democrat 46% · Generic Republican 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF LUCY MCBATH.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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