# Chuck Sims

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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Chuck Sims
|image        = 
|caption      = 
|office1      = Member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from the 169th district
|term_start1  = January 10, 2005
|term_end1    = January 12, 2015
|predecessor1 = Tommy Smith
|successor1   = [Dominic LaRiccia](/source/Dominic_LaRiccia)
|office2      = Member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from the 130th district
|term_start2  = January 13, 2003
|term_end2    = January 10, 2005
|predecessor2 = Jeff Brown
|successor2   = [Debbie Buckner](/source/Debbie_Buckner)
|office3      = Member of the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from the 167th district
|term_start3  = January 13, 1997
|term_end3    = January 13, 2003
|predecessor3 = Van Street Sr.
|successor3   = Roger Lane
|birth_name   = 
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1958|2|19}}
|birth_place  = [El Paso, Texas](/source/El_Paso%2C_Texas)
|party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) (2004–present)
|other_party  = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) (before 2004)
}}

'''Chuck Sims''' (born February 19, 1958) is an American politician of the Republican Party who served in the [Georgia House of Representatives](/source/Georgia_House_of_Representatives) from 1997 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.ga.gov/representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=208&Session=23 |title=Representative Chuck Sims |publisher=House.ga.gov |access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Amanda Woodruff |url=https://www.savannahnow.com/amanda-woodruff/2009-02-20/legislator-turns-routine-rhyme |title=Legislator turns routine into rhyme |publisher=Savannahnow.com |date=2009-02-20 |access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>

After being arrested multiple times for reckless driving and driving under the influence, he didn't run for reelection in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/breaking-news/state-lawmaker-nabbed-again-for-dui/aeVot1YG3oQl3nIHbp7GNJ/ |title=State lawmaker nabbed again for DUI |publisher=Ajc.com |date=2013-07-19 |accessdate=2020-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Terry Dickson |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/article/20140305/NEWS/801257552 |title=Three vie for House seat Chuck Sims is vacating, Judge Roger B. Lane has opposition in Brunswick Circuit |publisher=Jacksonville.com |date=2014-03-05 |accessdate=2020-12-17}}</ref>

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Category:21st-century members of the Georgia General Assembly

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