Talmadge Branch

Talmadge Branch
Member of the Maryland House of Delegates
from the 45th district
In office
January 11, 1995 – January 11, 2023
Preceded byJohn Douglass
Succeeded byJackie Addison
Personal details
Born (1956-01-30) January 30, 1956 (age 68)
Northampton County, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children3, including Chanel Branch
Alma materEssex 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]

  1. ^ "Unofficial 2020 7th Congressional District Special Primary Election results for Representative in Congress". results.elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Presidential Primary Election State Candidates List". elections.maryland.gov. Maryland State Board of Elections. Representative in Congress, Congressional District 7