id: ocd-person/3ea1bab4-64f2-4ff3-b0a9-e04a8caa3e9f
name: Derrick Simmons
given_name: Derrick
family_name: Simmons
birth_date: 1976-12-12
gender: Male
email: dsimmons@senate.ms.gov
image: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/simmons_(12th).jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 2011-03-11
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ms/government
  district: '12'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: State Capitol Room 405, 400 High St., Jackson, MS 39201
  voice: 601-359-2224
- classification: district-mail
  address: P.O. Box 1018, Jackson, MS 39215
links:
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/simmons_(12th).xml
  note: homepage
other_names:
- name: D. Simmons
- name: D.T. Simmons
- name: Derrick T. Simmons
- name: Derrick Terrell Simmons
- name: Simmons (12th)
- name: Simmons D
- name: Simmons D. T. (12th)
- name: Simmons, D.
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MSL000177
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Derrick_Simmons
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/simmons_(12th).xml
- url: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/ss_membs.xml
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Simmons
- url: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/128785/derrick-simmons
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-t-simmons-491577b4
extras:
  education:
  - Howard Law School, J.D.
  - Howard Business School, M.B.A.
  - Jackson State University, B.B.A.
  counties represented:
  - Bolivar
  - Coahoma
  - Washington
  other phone: (662)334-1666