Talmadge Branch | |
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Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 45th district | |
In office January 11, 1995 – January 11, 2023 Serving with Clarence "Tiger" Davis (D), Hattie N. Harrison (D), Cheryl Glenn (D), Cory V. McCray (D), Stephanie M. Smith (D), and Chanel Branch (D) | |
Preceded by | John Douglass |
Succeeded by | Jackie Addison |
Personal details | |
Born | Northampton County, North Carolina, U.S. | January 30, 1956
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 3, including Chanel Branch |
Alma mater | Essex Community College (AA) Salisbury University (BA) |
Talmadge Branch (born January 30, 1956) is an American politician who represented the 45th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 1995 to 2023. Branch is a former chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and founder of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland's foundation.
Branch was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2020 Maryland 7th congressional district special primary election to fill out the term of the late Elijah Cummings.[1] Branch then withdrew from the overlapping regular 2020 election for the same congressional seat.[2]
Representative in Congress, Congressional District 7