Sims owned the Honda Auto and Motorcycle dealership in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
[2] At the Idaho Republican Party Convention held at Nampa, Idaho June 2016 Sims along with Blackfoot sheepherder Mike Duff lost against incumbent Steve Yates for State Chair of the party.
[7] Sims sought the open District 4B seat vacated by retiring Democratic Representative George C. Sayler She was unopposed in the May 25, 2010, Republican primary and won with 2,720 votes.
[9] Due to redistricting, Sims faced fellow Republican Senator John W. Goedde in the May 28, 2002, primary, losing by 31 votes.
[10] Sims was appointed to fill the vacancy after Senator Jack Riggs resigned to fill the vacancy made by Lieutenant Governor Butch Otter, who won election to the U.S. House of Representatives for Idaho's 1st congressional district.