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{{short description|American politician}}
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'''Stuart {{nbq|Stu}} O. Simms''' (born July 17, 1950) is a [[Maryland]] [[politician]], who ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination in the [[2006 Maryland Attorney General election|2006 election]] for [[Attorney General of Maryland|Attorney General]] of the state of Maryland in the [[United States]].

Simms was born in [[Baltimore|Baltimore, Maryland]] and attended the prestigious [[Gilman School]] in Baltimore. He received his undergraduate degree from [[Dartmouth College]] and his law degree from [[Harvard Law School]].

In 1983, he was appointed Deputy [[State's Attorney of Baltimore]] City, serving until 1987. He was later elected to the position of State's Attorney and served two four-year terms from 1987 to 1995.

From 1995 to 2003, he served in the Cabinet of Governor [[Parris Glendening]] as Secretary of the [[Maryland Department of Juvenile Services]] from 1995 to 1997, and as Secretary of the [[Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services]], one of the state's largest agencies, with 12,000 employees and a budget of $900 million from 1997 to 2003.

Simms worked for the Baltimore-based law firm Brown, Goldstein, and Levy from 2003 to 2020. Simms and his wife, Candace Simms, have two sons.{{cn|date=November 2023}}

==2006 Maryland Attorney General Primary election==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Democratic
|-
!Candidate
!Votes
!Percent
|-
|'''[[Doug Gansler]] (winner)'''
|286,016
|55.7%
|-
|Stuart O. Simms
|227,699
|44.3%
|-
|'''Totals'''
|513,715
|100%
|-
|colspan=6|<small>Source: [http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2006/results/primary/office_Attorney_General.html Maryland State Board of Elections]</small>
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.browngold.com/?s=attorneys&ss=28 Stu Simms-Partner-Brown, Goldstein, and Levy]
* [http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/22dpscs/former/html/msa12068.html Maryland State Archives Biography]

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[[Category:Gilman School alumni]]
[[Category:Dartmouth College alumni]]
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[[Category:Candidates in the 2006 United States elections]]
[[Category:African-American people in Maryland politics]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century African-American lawyers]]


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