Russell Earl Holmes is an American politician who serves as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

First elected in November 2010, he represents the Sixth Suffolk District, which includes the Boston neighborhoods of Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan and Roslindale.

Holmes served as treasurer for the 187th General Court freshman class and was formerly a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Holmes was one of a handful of legislators nationally selected to participate in the Emerging Leaders program at University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

In early 2023, Holmes cosponsored a bill to allow Massachusetts prisoners to earn time off from their sentences by immediately forfeiting some of their vital organs and/or bone marrow to the state.