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[photo, Gary Simmons, Maryland State Delegate] GARY SIMMONS
Democrat, District 12B, Anne Arundel County


Member of House of Delegates since January 11, 2023. Deputy Majority Whip, 2026-. Member, Judiciary Committee, 2023- (criminal law & procedure subcommittee, 2023-25; family & juvenile law subcommittee, 2023-25; estates & trusts subcommittee, 2026-; family law subcommittee, 2026-; public safety subcommittee, 2026-). Vice-Chair, Anne Arundel County House Delegation, 2025-. Member, Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland, 2023-; Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2024-. Vice-Chair, Region III, National Black Caucus of State Legislators.

Member, Commission to Study African-American Civil War Soldiers in Maryland, 2024-25; Maryland Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council, 2025-.

Born in Savannah, Georgia, July 25, 1971. Attended Copiague High School, Copiague, New York; Tuskegee University, B.S. (criminal justice/political science), 1994. Manager, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006-16. Member, Operations Team, Anne Arundel County and Annapolis Community Emergency Response Team, 2015-. Staff Assistant, Special Education Department, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, 2018-22. Two children.

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