DemocratIn office since Nov 2011

Derrick Simmons

Mississippi State Senator, District 12 since 2011. Next on the ballot in 2027.

Mississippi State Senator, District 12

Wikipedia

In office: 14 yrs; Since 2011
Bills became law: 1; 94 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 5.7%; Chamber median 1.2%
With party: 98%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +62.9; Won 2019
Next election: 2027; Nov 2, 2027

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Constitution · vice chair
County Affairs · chair
Finance
Gaming
Judiciary, Division A
Judiciary, Division B
Medicaid
Municipalities
Ports and Marine Resources

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 94 sponsored · 1 became law

BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw

SB 2458 Child Protection Services; require provision of adequate and habitable office space for local offices of.
Public Health and Welfare · Became law Mar 2026

SB 2464 Department of Human Services; require to transfer at least 30% of TANF block grant to Child Care and…
Appropriations A · Failed in the House Mar 2026

SB 2210 Bolivar County; authorize to create utility district to own, control, operate and maintain Choctaw Sewer…
Energy · Failed in the Senate Apr 2026

SB 2228 Expunction; reduce waiting period for eligibility.
Judiciary, Division B · Failed in the Senate Feb 2026

SB 2661 Group purchasing; allow counties to participate in.
County Affairs · Failed in the Senate Feb 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Simmons sits in the Mississippi State Senate

Simmons is closer to the center than 0% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Bradford Blackmon, Albert Butler, Reginald Jackson

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:54 PM ET

With Simmons’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats98%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills46%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Mississippi State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Simmons’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Simmons	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Feb 5, 2026	SB 2202: Economic development incentives; require agreements to secure employee freedom and…	No	No	Yes	Passed 27–25
May 29, 2025	HB 15: Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.	No	No	Yes	Passed 35–6
May 29, 2025	HB 34: Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.	No	No	Yes	Passed 35–8
May 29, 2025	HB 32: Appropriation; Attorney General.	No	No	Yes	Passed 33–9
May 29, 2025	HB 33: Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.	No	No	Yes	Passed 34–6

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Simmons was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

201220142016201820202022202420262028Mississippi State Senate, District 12

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin
2023	Mississippi State Senate, District 12	Won	—
2019	Mississippi State Senate, District 12	Won	D+62.9
2015	Mississippi State Senate, District 12	Won	—
2011	Mississippi State Senate, District 12	Won	—