Derrick Simmons

Derrick Simmons
Minority Leader of the Mississippi Senate
Assumed office
July 31, 2017
Preceded byBill Stone
Member of the Mississippi Senate
from the 12th district
Assumed office
March 2011
Preceded byJohnnie Walls
Personal details
Born
Derrick Terrell Simmons

(1976-12-12) December 12, 1976 (age 47)
Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseCuWanda Flowers
Children1
EducationJackson State University (BBA)
Howard University (MBA, JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Derrick Terrell Simmons (born December 12, 1976) is an American politician and trial lawyer serving as a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate for the 12th district since 2011. He is the Minority Leader of the Mississippi Senate, being elected in 2017.