---
type: Person
title: "Ben Barnes"
description: "MD House District 21 — MD State House of Representatives District 21"
role: "MD House District 21"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MD"
district: "MD State House of Representatives District 21"
represents: "us/states/md/districts/house/21"
tenure:
  start: "2007-01-10"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "9260f66c-9fb2-4e1b-aadd-a4e81b72eb04"
  office: "fead1101-e98c-4e92-b873-1384566db829"
  tenure: "ac585d74-16e4-4730-9098-53ddcf38786a"
  jurisdiction: "33c794cf-435a-4da3-8fde-1ba9a0381156"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, md]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ben Barnes

Current MD House District 21 (MD State House of Representatives District 21).

Represents [MD State House of Representatives District 21](/us/states/md/districts/house/21.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).