Walter Thomas Maddox (born December 27, 1972) is an American politician who has served as the 36th Mayor of Tuscaloosa, Alabama since 2005.
From 2001 to present, he served on the Tuscaloosa City Council and served as executive director of personnel for Tuscaloosa City Schools.
Maddox was a field director for the Alabama Education Association from 1996 to 2001.In 2005 he successfully ran for Mayor of Tuscaloosa and has been re-elected three times.
In 2018, Maddox was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama.