Pat Ward
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Pat Ward | |
Member of the Iowa Senate
from the 30 district |
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Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2004 |
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Preceded by | Mary Kramer |
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Political party | Republican |
Residence | West Des Moines, Iowa |
Occupation | Former Public and Government Relations Executive |
Website | Ward's website |
Pat Ward is the Iowa State Senator from the 30th District. She has served in the Iowa Senate since 2004, when she won a special election to fill the vacancy left when Mary Kramer was appointed to be U.S. Ambassador to Barbados. [1]
Ward currently serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate - the Appropriations committee; the Commerce committee; the Judiciary committee; the Ways and Means committee; the Government Oversight committee, where she is the ranking member; and the Labor and Business Relations committee, where she is the ranking member. She also serves on the Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee.
Ward was re-elected in 2004 with 19,798 votes, defeating Democratic opponent Satro Narayan and Libertarian opponent Sean Edward Martin. [2]
[edit] External links
- Iowa General Assembly - Senator Pat Ward official government website
- Project Vote Smart - Pat Ward profile
- Follow the Money - Pat Ward
- Iowa Senate Republicans - Pat Ward profile
Iowa Senate | ||
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Preceded by Mary Kramer |
30th District 2004 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Current Iowa Senators | |||
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District 1: Warnstadt (D) |
District 13: Stewart (D) |
District 26: Kettering (R) |
District 38: Rielly (D) |
Republican | Democrat |