Ward, Jeanette

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Jeanette Ward has served in House District 57 as a WY Representative for Natrona County from Jan 2023 to the present.  She has received a positive score for all three categories of Representation, Competence and Integrity and therefore has been ranked as High Trust.

She is up for reelection in 2024.

“It is vital that the people understand the governing philosophy of candidates. I believe the people should know whether a candidate believes in the principles of the Declaration of Independence and sees the United States Constitution as the highest law of the land, along with regard for our State Constitution. I hold all three in the highest regard and will faithfully execute the oath of office to uphold, protect and defend Wyomingites from all who would dare to subvert them.”

From https://oilcity.news/community/elections/2022/07/01/candidate-questionnaire-jeanette-ward-for-house-district-57/

Overall, Ward scores a (+) for Representation.

Attendance

It appears that Ward missed 0 votes in 2023 General Session.

Public Conduct

Ward appears to behave appropriately in public and to the public.

Sponsorship History

In 2023 Ward was the primary sponsor of 3 bills, and co-sponsored 36 bills.  Favored sponsorship topics appear to be protection/support of constitutional rights; protection of the unborn, children and students; medical freedom; lowering taxes; elections.  For more details, see her legislator webpage.

Committee Assignments

2023-House Journal
2023-House Labor, Health & Social Services
2023-CSG West – Public Safety

Ward scored a (+) for Constitutional Competence with an average of 100% on the constitutional issues listed below.

Constitutional issue categories that have a “N/A” grade, refer to specific bills that Ward did not have the opportunity to vote on.  It is relevant that Ward cosponsored 2023 HB0205 Ban on teaching and training critical race theory, but the bill was not considered for Introduction in the House.

For more on the bills used to analyze these scores click here.  Special hat-tip goes out to Evidence Based Wyoming for use of their statistical tool to generate the following vote scores:

Conflicts

Because we have not found any conflicts of interest for Ward, she receives a (+) for Integrity.

Employment/Income

According to Ward’s 2023 State Elected Officials Financial Disclosure available at Wyofile, she reports:

• Project Manager – Fiber Optics Materials
• Income from “Any security or interest earnings”

Memberships/Civic Organizations

None found.

Campaign Contributions

The table below shows all campaign contributions reported by the WY Secretary of State for Jeanette Ward for Wyoming.

In 2022 Ward received approximately 46 contributions that total approximately $10,18129.  Of the 46 donations, approximately 1 was from a PAC, which was $100.

Click the arrows at the top of columns to sort the data by name, date, $ amount, etc.  (Data is publicly available records obtained from the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Wyoming’s Campaign Finance Information System.)