7th United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
In office May 8, 2009 – July 31, 2011
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Roy Bernardi
Succeeded by
Maurice Jones
6th King County Executive
In office January 15, 1997 – May 8, 2009
Preceded by
Gary Locke
Succeeded by
Kurt Triplett (acting)
Member of the King County Council from the 5th district
In office January 1, 1986 – January 15, 1997
Preceded by
Ruby Chow
Succeeded by
Dwight Pelz
Personal details
Born
Ronald Cordell Sims
(1948-07-05) July 5, 1948 (age 75) Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Cayan Topacio
Children
3
Education
Central Washington University (BA)
Website
County website
Ronald Cordell 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[1] to July 2011.[2] 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.
^"(HUD No. 09-055) "Ron Sims Sworn In As HUD's Deputy Secretary"" (Press release). United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2009-05-08. Retrieved 2009-06-08. Ron Sims was sworn in today as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
^Brunner, Jim (June 14, 2011). "Sims leaving HUD, says he's not running for governor". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
RonSim Chye Hock (Chinese: 沈財福, born 1958) is a Singaporean business magnate and investor. He is the founder of Osim International. In 2013, he ranked...
unsuccessfully urged members of the state's U.S. House delegation to run. RonSims, King County Councilman, won the crowded Democratic primary with 18% of...
"right Missy" in The Wrong Missy (2020). Molly Sims was born on May 25, 1973, to Jim and Dottie Sims. As a child she lived in Mayfield, Kentucky, then...
reality and beauty and fitness. In 1980, Singaporean entrepreneur RonSim founded R Sim trading, a company dedicated to the sale of home goods, kitchen...
2007, U.S. Representative Dave Reichert (WA-08), King County Executive RonSims, and others announced a proposal to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness...
to 1981. The current executive is Dow Constantine, elected to replace RonSims since he resigned to become Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development...
quarterback Sam Bradford was taken first in the 2010 NFL Draft. Sims was nicknamed "Kung Fu Billy Sims" by ESPN's Chris Berman, following a game between the Lions...
appointed sheriff of King County, Washington, by King County Executive RonSims. In 2001, he ran unopposed for a second four-year term. Reichert served...
office January 3, 1994 – January 15, 1997 Preceded by Tim Hill Succeeded by RonSims Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 37th district...
non-consecutive term, defeated his Democratic opponent, King County Councilman RonSims. Democratic incumbent Robert Byrd, first elected in 1958, easily defeated...
billion Pontiac Land 26 Kishin RK 1.6 billion Royal Holdings/RB Capital 27 RonSim 1.6 billion Osim International 28 Wee Ee Cheong 1.6 billion United Overseas...
January 1, 1974 – January 1, 1986 Preceded by John T. O'Brien Succeeded by RonSims Personal details Born Mar Seung-gum (Surname = Mar) (1920-06-06)June 6...
International Airport to Boeing Field, but was rejected by King County Executive RonSims in October. A similar proposal by Alaska Airlines (a response to the Southwest...
nominee for U.S. Senator from Washington (Class 1) 1983, 1988 Succeeded by RonSims Preceded by Booth Gardner Democratic nominee for Governor of Washington...
office April 18, 2012 – January 2014 President Barack Obama Preceded by RonSims Succeeded by Nani A. Coloretti Personal details Born Maurice Antonia Jones...
mayoral election rival Greg Nickels and King County Commissioner RonSims, but Sims also suggested continuing the line beyond South Lander and into the...
early endorsement of Goldmark, as well as former King County Executive RonSims and the Bullitt Center. Franz finished second overall during the primary...
Executive RonSims announced his candidacy, but failed to garner much interest. According to a March 2004, Mellman Group poll, Gregoire would beat both Sims and...
Sidran in the city's 2001 mayoral primary elections. King County Executive RonSims called the Mardi Gras riot and the protests at the 1999 World Trade Organization...
health care reform in the United States, and was a co-sponsor of Senator Ron Wyden's Healthy Americans Act. In her role as a member of the Finance Committee...
Billionaire Who Welcomed The Barbarians At His Gate: To Improve His Company, RonSim Knew KKR Was His Best Hope". Forbes. Retrieved 12 December 2022. Lai, Leila...
office January 26, 2009 – July 28, 2014 President Barack Obama Deputy RonSims Maurice Jones Helen Kanovsky (acting) Preceded by Steve Preston Succeeded...
week. The announcement was met with calls from King County Councilman RonSims to fire the responsible Metro officials who knowingly allowed the purchase...
1994, Gorton repeated the process, defeating then-King County Councilman RonSims by 56% to 44%. He was an influential member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services...
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