Malcolm Peter Ruff[1] (born April 18, 1984) is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 41 since 2023.

[3] He grew up in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore,[4] and spent his summers on a small family-owned farm in Harford County, Maryland.

[19] Outside of his legal career, Ruff is the founder of the Pagya Project, a non-profit to support residents of underserved communities and to address homelessness and street violence in Baltimore.

In June 2023, the Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee voted to send Governor Wes Moore the names of both Ruff and former state delegate Angela Gibson for consideration to fill the vacancy.

[10] House speaker Adrienne A. Jones assigned Ruff to the Appropriations committee[22] and he is also a member of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Baltimore City Delegation.