Gary Simmons (born July 25, 1971) is an American politician and retired military law enforcement officer.

[2] He won the Democratic primary on July 19, 2022, and defeated Republican challenger Ashley Arias in the general election on November 8.

[7] In January 2025, after the Anne Arundel Democratic Central Committee voted to nominate state delegate Shaneka Henson to fill the remainder of Sarah Elfreth's term in the Maryland Senate, Simmons wrote a letter to state and local Democratic officials calling on the central committee to take action against Geonta Simmons, one of its members, for openly discussing what occurred at a private meeting of four elected officials (both the Simmonses, state senator Clarence Lam, and central committee member Jacqueline Allsup) about the District 30 Senate vacancy.

However, Simmons accidentally used his official legislative stationery to publish the letter, which may have been a violation of legislative ethics rules, which prohibit the official stationery being used for matters related to a political campaign.

Deadra Daly, the Maryland General Assembly's ethics counsel, told Maryland Matters that she was concerned by Simmons using his official letterhead to publish the letter since central committee matters "seems to fall in the political category", but added that Simmons admitting his own error may mitigate the risk of any potential consequences.