{{short description|American politician}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=May 2014}} {{BLP no footnotes|date=May 2014}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = Stuart O. Simms |image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> |alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> |caption = |birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|07|17}} |birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland |death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> |death_place = |other_names = |occupation = Politician |years_active = |known_for = Ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2006 election for Attorney General of the state of Maryland |notable_works = }}
'''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 election for Attorney General of the state of Maryland in the United States.
Simms was born in 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.{{citation needed|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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