Cam Ward (born March 24, 1971) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,[1] representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020.[2] He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Ward is the executive director of the Industrial Development Board of Alabaster, Alabama.[5] He is chairman of the Autism Task Force of Alabama[6] and helped launch Autism Alabama, "an on-line library providing distance learning for teachers who have children on the autism spectrum."[7]
Careeredit
Shortly after his daughter Riley was born in 2002, Ward was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives for District 49, where he served two terms. In 2010, he was elected to the Alabama Senate, representing District 14.[8]
In December 2010, Ward supported a piece of legislation granting subpoena power to the Alabama Ethics Commission.[9] The bill passed both chambers of the Alabama Legislature on December 16, 2010, and was signed into law by Governor Bob Riley.
In 2015, Ward was arrested for DUI and admitted pled guilty.[10][11] He apologized [12] and entered a pre-trial diversion program for first-time offenders.[13] Shortly after, he announced an amicable divorce from his wife of 23 years, Julie Cain, on Facebook.[14]
^"Cam Ward". Alabama Senate Republican Caucus. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
^"Cam Ward – BirminghamWatch". birminghamwatch.org. October 31, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
^"Ward elected chair of national energy research group | The Clanton Advertiser". clantonadvertiser.com. September 18, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^Durkin, Erin; Benwell, Max (May 15, 2019). "These 25 white men – all Republicans – just voted to ban abortion in Alabama". The Guardian.
External linksedit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cam Ward (politician).