Branden became a Public Ally in 2020, where he started an Eviction Defense Project and served as Community Engagement Specialist with Westside Grows Together — helping neighbors with home repair, coordinating events, and other neighborhood improvement projects in the Westside community. He's seen how those with influence and wealth call the shots in Dover. For years, real estate developers and corporations have pulled the strings, while those affected by their policies are shut out and pushed to the margins.
As a housing advocate, Branden organized with other renters, and they won historic housing protections that began to put power back in the hands of renters across the state. He's running to serve as the next State Representative of District 3, to fight for safer streets, housing as a human right, and an end to income inequality.
I'm running because we won't change the system until we change our leadership. It's time for poor, working-class, and young people to have a seat at the table.
Branden has spent his life as an organizer, fighting for the future we deserve. The fight for housing justice inspired him to run for office, but there's still so much work to do to change Delaware and make it equitable for all.
As the first Gen-Z member of the State House of Representatives, from day one, Branden will fight to end gun violence, win health care for all, transform our racist criminal justice system, and end the climate crisis. His campaign is built on a deep love of Wilmington and the Westside community — its residents, its history, its resilience, and its promise.
