Governor Wes Moore on January 12, 2026, appointed Darrell C. Odom Sr. to represent District 27A in the Maryland House of Delegates — filling the seat vacated when Senator Kevin Harris was elevated to the Maryland Senate. Odom was sworn in the following day.
The appointment came after the Prince George's County Democratic Central Committee voted 22 to 2 to forward his name to the Governor. Odom had served on the Central Committee since 2019, was re-elected unopposed in 2022, and spent years doing civic work across both Prince George's and Charles Counties, which jointly make up District 27A.
"His record reflects not ambition, but duty."
Senator Kevin Harris, Maryland Senate, District 27Odom spent 31 years in the United States Army and Coast Guard, retiring as a Master Chief Maritime Enforcement Specialist — the highest enlisted rank in the service. He subsequently joined Prince George's County Fire/EMS, where he worked his way to Acting Fire Chief over 24 years and designed the county's Paramedic Ambulance Program, which remains in operation today.
Delegate Odom will serve on the Environment and Transportation Committee — the committee with direct jurisdiction over Route 301, Route 5, and the transportation infrastructure that defines daily life in District 27A.
