Freddie Sims

Democratic Party

Georgia State Senate District 12

Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

16

Prior offices:

Georgia House of Representatives

Years in office: 2005 - 2008

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal

Religion

Christian: Baptist

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Freddie Sims (Democratic Party) is a member of theGeorgia State Senate, representingDistrict 12. She assumed office on January 12, 2009. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Sims (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theGeorgia State Senate to representDistrict 12. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Sims' professional experience includes working as a middle school principal and Doctor of Educational Leadership and Deputy Registrar for Dougherty County.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Sims was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Education and Youth Committee
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee
• Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee
• Urban Affairs Committee

2023-2024

Sims was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Education and Youth Committee,Secretary
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee

2021-2022

Sims was assigned to the following committees:

• Administrative Affairs Committee
• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Education and Youth Committee,Secretary
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee,Vice chair
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee

2019-2020

Sims was assigned to the following committees:

• Administrative Affairs Committee
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee
• Education and Youth Committee,Secretary
• Insurance and Labor Committee,Ex-Officio
• Natural Resources and the Environment Committee
• Senate Interstate Cooperation Committee,Vice Chairman

2017-2018 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Note: Sims served as secretary of the Education and Youth Committee during the 2017-2018 legislative session.

2015-2016 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sims served on the following committees:

Note: Sims served as secretary of the Education and Youth Committee during the 2015-2016 legislative session.

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Sims served on the following committees:

Note: Sims served as secretary of the Education and Youth Committee during the 2013-2014 legislative session.

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Sims served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Sims served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 12 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims (D)	100.0	62,128

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims	100.0	14,619

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Endorsements

2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims (D)	100.0	48,102

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 48,102
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims	100.0	16,108

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,108
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims defeatedTracy Taylor in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 12 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims (D)	64.2	40,396
		Tracy Taylor (R)	35.8	22,546

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,942
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims defeatedEdward Ball in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims	76.8	17,835
	Submit photo	Edward Ball	23.2	5,398

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,233
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

Tracy Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on June 9, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tracy Taylor	100.0	7,050

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,050
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2018

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 12 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims (D)	100.0	44,507

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12

IncumbentFreddie Sims advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 12 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Freddie Sims	100.0	11,308

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 11,308
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2016

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

IncumbentFreddie Sims ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 12 general election.^[1][2]

Georgia State Senate, District 12 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Freddie SimsIncumbent (unopposed)	100.00%	48,863
Total Votes				48,863
Source:Georgia Secretary of State

IncumbentFreddie Sims ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 12 Democratic primary.^[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 12 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Freddie SimsIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theGeorgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. IncumbentFreddie K. Powell Sims was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.^[5][6][7]

2012

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2012

Sims ran in the2012 election forGeorgia State Senate District 12. Sims ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on July 31, 2012. No Republican candidate filed to run for this seat. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.^[8][9] Sims won re-election in the general election.^[10]

Georgia State Senate, District 12, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Freddie SimsIncumbent	100%	53,093
Total Votes				53,093

2010

See also:Georgia State Senate elections, 2010

Sims won re-election to the 12th District seat in 2010. She was unopposed in theNovember 2, 2010, general election.^[11]

Georgia State Senate, District 12 2010 General election results
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Freddie Sims (D)		33,560	100.0%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Sims won election to theGeorgia Senate from Georgia's 12th Senate district. Sims ran unopposed in the general election, and she received 47,126 votes.^[12] Sims raised $59,074 for his campaign.^[13]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Freddie Sims did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Freddie Sims did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Noteworthy events

Tested positive for coronavirus on January 15, 2021

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On January 15, 2021, Sims announced that she had tested positive for coronavirus.^[14] On March 19, 2020, Sims, along with herGeorgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen.Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.^[15]

Personal

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Sims and her husband, Norman, have three children.

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