Ron Sims
| Ron Sims | |
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| Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | |
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In office May 8, 2009 – July 2011 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Roy Bernardi |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Jones |
| 6th King County Executive | |
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In office January 15, 1997 – May 8, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Gary Locke |
| Succeeded by | Kurt Triplett (interim) |
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Ronald Cordell Sims July 5, 1948 Spokane, Washington, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Cayan Topacio |
| Children | Douglas Sims Daniel Sims Aaron Sims |
| Residence | Mount Baker, Seattle, Washington |
| Alma mater | Central Washington University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Website | King County Executive |
Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (born July 5, 1948) is the former Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, having served in the position from May 8, 2009 to July 2011. He is also the former King County Executive. Sims ran unsuccessfully for higher office twice: United States Senator in 1994 and for Governor of Washington in 2004.
Sims was born in Spokane, Washington, to Reverend James C. Sims Sr. and Lydia T. Sims. He graduated from Lewis and Clark High School and attended Central Washington University in Ellensburg, where he earned a B.A. in psychology. Between graduation and his election to the King County Council he worked in the office of the Washington State Attorney General, for the Federal Trade Commission, for the juvenile offenders program of the city of Seattle, and as an aide in the state senate. He is an ordained Baptist minister.
In 1985, Sims was elected to the King County Council, being reelected in 1989 and 1993. During his first term, he and fellow Councilman Bruce Laing successfully led a campaign to have the county rededicate its name in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., a change not officially recognized by Washington state until July 25, 2005).
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