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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 Republican.<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 Republican.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/Fname-Lname/stuartmcmahen|title=Stuart McMahen|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=July 28, 2018}}</ref>
===McMahen joins Democrats in choosing House Speaker===
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.
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, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with the Republican defectors. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
On January 13, 2020, McMahen was among twenty-three Republican lawmakers, known as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]], who voted for the [[Moderate Republican]] [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish, whose election as House [[Speaker]] depended heavily on the votes of thirty-five Democratic lawmakers, along with two [[Independent]]s, and the Republican defectors. Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] made contact6s on Schexnayder's behalf. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]] coined the term "Fraud Squad" for the twenty-three dissidents nominally in the Republican Party.<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>