Background
McGhee was born in Miami, and attended Howard University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 2000, and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where he received a Juris doctor.
McGhee was born in Miami, and attended Howard University, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 2000, and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, where he received a Juris doctor.
Howard University.
After graduating, McGhee wrote "A Mere I Can is American," his memoir, and started working as an assistant states attorney in Miami-Dade County. In a closely fought election, McGhee narrowly lost to Bullard by 399 votes, receiving 47% of the vote. Florida House districts were reconfigured in 2012 and Bullard successfully ran for the Florida State Senate, meaning that the newly created 117th District, which included most of the territory in the previous 118th District, was an open seat.
McGhee opted to run there, and was opposed by Carmen Morris and Harold Ford in the Democratic primary, whom he was able to comfortably defeat, receiving 65% of the vote to Morris"s 17% and Ford"s 20%.
He advanced to the general election, where he was elected unopposed.