BackgroundNonprofit leader

Notable personal detailsK. Anita Mpambara Cox is a Republican candidate for U.S. House in Maryland’s 8th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. She previously ran for Maryland State Senate District 19 in 2022. Cox has served on Montgomery County’s Charter Review Commission and chaired the City of Gaithersburg’s Multicultural Affairs Committee. She is president of the Mpambara-Cox Foundation, an education-focused nonprofit founded in 2008.