Raymond Ward

Raymond P. Ward (born October 24) is an American politician from Utah. He is a Republican member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 19th house district.[1]

Raymond Ward
Member of the Utah House of Representatives
from the 19th district
Assumed office
January 1, 2015
Personal details
BornOctober 24
Political partyRepublican Party
Spouse(s)Beverly
Children3
ResidenceBountiful, UT
Alma materBrigham Young University
University of Washington
OccupationPhysician

Early life and career

Ward obtained a BS from Brigham Young University. He then went on to the University of Washington where he obtained a PhD in Pharmacology and an MD. He currently works as a family physician at Cope Family Medicine and lives in Bountiful, Utah with his wife Beverly and three children.[2]

Political career

Ward was first elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2014 and began serving on January 1, 2015.[3]

During the 2016 legislative session, Ward served on the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Political Subdivision Committee.[4]

2016 sponsored legislation[5]
Bill number Bill title Status
HB0018S02 Medicaid Preferred Drug List Amendments House/ filed - 3/10/2016
HB0114 Controlled Substance Reporting Governor Signed - 3/21/2016
HB0153 Certified Tax Rate Amendments House/ filed - 3/10/2016
HB302 Utah Medicaid Amendments House/ filed - 3/10/2016
HB0362 Traffic Citation Hearing Amendments House/ filed - 3/10/2016
HB0372S01 Refiner Reporting Provisions House/ filed - 3/10/2016

Ward passed one of his six bills introduced during the 2016 Legislative Session, giving him a 16.7% passage rate. He did not floor sponsor any bills.[6]

Elections
  • 2014: Ward defeated Chet Loftis in the Republican convention and faced the Democratic Party nominee Daniel Donahue and Independent American Party nominee Eli Cawley in the general election. Ward won with 7,755 votes (74.5%).[7]

References
  1. "Raymond Ward". Utah House of Representatives. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  2. "Raymond Ward". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  3. "Raymond Ward Legislative Profile". Utah House of Representatives. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  4. "Committees". le.utah.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  5. "2016 -- Legislation(House Of Representatives)". le.utah.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  6. "2016 -- Legislation(House Of Representatives)". le.utah.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
  7. "Election Results - Lieutenant Governor's Office: Elections". elections.utah.gov. Retrieved 2016-04-01.


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