Maryland House of Delegates District 45
Maryland House of Delegates District 45 is one of 47 legislative districts in the state of Maryland and one of the 6 located entirely within Baltimore City. Voters in this district select three delegates every four years to represent them in the Maryland House of Delegates.
Educational institutions
High schools
The 45th district is home to Baltimore's storied Dunbar High School. Dunbar High opened 1918 as the Paul Laurence Dunbar Elementary School, No. 101, as part of the separate "colored schools" system then in place in the Baltimore City Public Schools system which was abolished by 1954. It was named in memory of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a famous African-American poet, who had died ten years earlier.The district is also home to the Heritage High School and the REACH! Partnership School.
Universities
After the 2010 census and the subsequent re-districting, the University of Baltimore and University of Baltimore School of Law are now part of the 45th district.The University of Baltimore School of Law is housed in the new John and Frances Angelos Law Center, at the corner of Mount Royal Ave. and N. Charles St. on the University of Baltimore's main campus in the Mt. Vernon cultural district.
Elected representatives
Each of Maryland's 45 legislative districts has one state senator and three delegates. The 45th district is represented in Annapolis by Senator Cory V. McCray, Delegates Talmadge Branch.Past general election results
| Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
| Talmadge Branch, Democratic | 18,676 | 30% | Won |
| Cheryl Glenn, Democratic | 18,232 | 29.3% | Won |
| Hattie N. Harrison, Democratic | 17,564 | 28.2% | Won |
| Rick Saffery, Republican | 2,799 | 4.5% | Lost |
| Larry Wardlow, Republican | 2,622 | 4.2% | Lost |
| Ronald Owens-Bey, Libertarian | 2,309 | 3.7% | Lost |