Editing Rob Simmons (section)

{{Short description|American politician (born 1943)}}
{{for|other people named Rob or Robert Simmons|Robert Simmons (disambiguation)}}
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|name         = Rob Simmons
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|image        = Rob Simmons 109th pictorial photo.jpg
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|office       = [[First Selectman]] of [[Stonington, Connecticut]]
|term_start   =  November 16, 2015
|term_end     =  November 18, 2019
|predecessor  =  George Crouse (acting)
|successor    =  Danielle Chesebrough
|state1       =  [[Connecticut]]
|district1    =  [[Connecticut's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
|term_start1  =  January 3, 2001
|term_end1    =  January 3, 2007
|predecessor1 =  [[Sam Gejdenson]]
|successor1   =  [[Joe Courtney (politician)|Joe Courtney]]
|state_house2 = Connecticut
|district2    = [[Connecticut's 43rd assembly district|43rd]]
|term_start2  = 1991
|term_end2    = 2001
|predecessor2 = Frank Turek
|successor2   = [[Diana Urban]]
|birth_name=Robert Ruhl Simmons
|birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1943|2|11}}
|birth_place  = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
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|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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|spouse       = Heidi Simmons
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|residence    = Stonington, Connecticut
|alma_mater   = [[Haverford College]] (BA) <br /> 
[[Harvard Kennedy School]] ([[Master of Public Administration|MPA]])
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|profession   = Intelligence professional, college professor, congressional staff member
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|branch       = [[United States Army]]<br />[[Central Intelligence Agency]]
|serviceyears = 1965–1968 (active)<br />1969–2000 (reserve)
|rank         = Colonel
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|battles      = [[Vietnam War]]
|awards       =  [[Bronze Star]] (2) [[Image:Bronze Star Medal ribbon.svg|35px]]
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'''Robert Ruhl "Rob" Simmons''' (born February 11, 1943) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army colonel who served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 2001 to 2007, representing [[Connecticut's 2nd congressional district]] as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Rob Simmons|url=http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2010/08/07/news/election/senate/doc4c5c608eb2a4a524437594.txt|accessdate=August 14, 2010|newspaper=The Register Citizen|date=August 7, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313020150/http://www.registercitizen.com/articles/2010/08/07/news/election/senate/doc4c5c608eb2a4a524437594.txt|archivedate=March 13, 2012}}</ref>

Simmons unsuccessfully ran as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Connecticut in 2010.

Simmons was formerly Chairman of the [[Yankee Institute for Public Policy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yankeeinstitute.org/about/|title=About – Yankee Institute for Public Policy|publisher=|access-date=2014-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914133916/http://www.yankeeinstitute.org/about/|archive-date=2014-09-14|url-status=live}}</ref> On November 3, 2015, he was elected [[First Selectman]] in his hometown of [[Stonington, Connecticut]], which he once represented in Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theday.com/article/20150825/NWS05/150829537|title=Rob Simmons: Former congressman, selectman candidate, purveyor of corn|publisher=|access-date=2015-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225104005/http://www.theday.com/article/20150825/NWS05/150829537|archive-date=2015-12-25|url-status=live}}</ref> He defeated the incumbent, George Crouse.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wnpr.org/post/rob-simmons-wins-big-stonington-election |title=Rob Simmons Wins Big in Stonington Election |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=2018-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213934/http://wnpr.org/post/rob-simmons-wins-big-stonington-election |archive-date=2018-06-19 |url-status=live }}</ref> He did not seek reelection in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fox61.com/2019/07/19/stonington-first-selectman-rob-simmons-not-running-for-reelection/ |title=Stonington First Selectman Rob Simmons not running for reelection |date=19 July 2019 |access-date=2019-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106080122/https://fox61.com/2019/07/19/stonington-first-selectman-rob-simmons-not-running-for-reelection/ |archive-date=2019-11-06 |url-status=live }}</ref>