Editing Ron Sims (section)

{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Ron Sims
| image        = Ron Sims official portrait.jpg
| office       = 7th [[United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
| president    = [[Barack Obama]]
| term_start   = May 8, 2009
| term_end     = July 31, 2011
| predecessor  = [[Roy Bernardi]]
| successor    = [[Maurice Jones]]
| office1      = 6th [[King County Executive]]
| term_start1  = January 15, 1997
| term_end1    = May 8, 2009
| predecessor1 = [[Gary Locke]]
| successor1   = Kurt Triplett (acting)
|office2      = Member of the [[King County Council]]<br />from the 5th district
|term_start2  = January 1, 1986
|term_end2    = January 15, 1997
|predecessor2 = [[Ruby Chow]]
|successor2   = [[Dwight Pelz]]
| birth_name   = Ronald Cordell Sims
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1948|7|05}}
| birth_place  = [[Spokane, Washington]], U.S.
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse       = Cayan Topacio
| children     = 3
| education    = [[Central Washington University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| website      = {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/19990910180122/http://www8.metrokc.gov/exec|County website}}
}}
'''Ronald Cordell Sims''' (born July 5, 1948) is the former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|deputy secretary]] of the [[United States Department of Housing and Urban Development]], having served in the position from May 8, 2009<ref name=hud>{{cite press release|title = (HUD No. 09-055) "Ron Sims Sworn In As HUD's Deputy Secretary"|publisher = United States Department of Housing and Urban Development|date = 2009-05-08|url = http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr09-055.cfm | accessdate = 2009-06-08| quote = Ron Sims was sworn in today as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.}}</ref> to July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2015316056_simsleavinghudreturningtoseattle.html|title=Sims leaving HUD, says he's not running for governor|date=June 14, 2011|accessdate=August 27, 2012|work=[[The Seattle Times]]|first=Jim|last=Brunner}}</ref> He is also a former [[King County Executive|King County executive]]. Sims ran unsuccessfully for higher office twice: [[United States Senate|United States senator]] in [[1994 United States Senate election in Washington|1994]] and [[governor of Washington]] in [[2004 Washington gubernatorial election|2004]].