| | McMahen's wife, the former Beverly Kay Stuart (born July 1, 1955), is a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/beverly-mcmahen/beverlymcmahen|title=Beverly McMahen|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3403614|title=Beverly McMahen|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> The couple has three children. A son, Springhill attorney Stuart Wayne McMahen (born December 7, 1981), is a Republcan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/Fname-Lname/stuartmcmahen|title=Stuart McMahen|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref> | | McMahen's wife, the former Beverly Kay Stuart (born July 1, 1955), is a registered Democrat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/beverly-mcmahen/beverlymcmahen|title=Beverly McMahen|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3403614|title=Beverly McMahen|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=July 26, 2018}}</ref> The couple has three children. A son, Springhill attorney Stuart Wayne McMahen (born December 7, 1981), is a Republcan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/Fname-Lname/stuartmcmahen|title=Stuart McMahen|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref> |
| − | McMahen faces Democratic opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, from another Springhill resident, Creighton Wilson,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref> a retired educator. | + | McMahen defeated Democratic opposition for a full House term in the nonpartisan blanket primary on October 12, 2019, from another Springhill resident, Creighton Wilson,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/candidateinquiry|title=Candidate Inquiry|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 15, 2019}}</ref> a retired educator. |
| | + | On January 13, 2020, McMahen was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as [[Speaker]] depended heavily on Democratic votes. |