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Bill Ward (North Carolina)
Bill Ward (Republican Party) is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Ward (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the North Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Ward completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Bill Ward was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army. He earned a high school diploma from Central High School. His career experience includes working in law enforcement for 33 years.[1][2]
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Ward was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee
- Appropriations on General Government Committee
- Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform
- Judiciary III Committee, Vice Chair
- State Government Committee
- State Personnel Committee
Elections
2024
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5
Incumbent Bill Ward defeated Howard Hunter III in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Ward (R)  | 54.2 | 22,357 |
 | Howard Hunter III (D) | 45.8 | 18,924 | |
| Total votes: 41,281 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Howard Hunter III advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Bill Ward advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Ward in this election.
Pledges
Ward signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5
Bill Ward defeated incumbent Howard Hunter III in the general election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Ward (R) | 53.8 | 15,784 |
| Howard Hunter III (D) | 46.2 | 13,539 | |
| Total votes: 29,323 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Howard Hunter III advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5
Bill Ward defeated Donald Kirkland in the Republican primary for North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Ward | 68.3 | 3,359 |
| Donald Kirkland | 31.7 | 1,561 | ||
| Total votes: 4,920 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Ward completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ward's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I have worked diligently to fight inflation by reducing personal income taxes by 40%. I have supported and voted for regulatory reform to reduce the unnecessary burdens on the citizens and restict big government. I have worked collaboratively with other legislators to ensure that your tax dollars are spent wisely and that the needs of our often overlooked District are met.
- I have worked to ensure that voter integrity is in place by passing a Voter ID law to ensure that only citizens that are eligible to vote may exercise that right. I assisted in passing a law that placed stringent requirements on the NC State Board of Elections to clean up the voter rolls and remove duplicate registrations as well as any deceased individuals.
- I have worked collaboratively within the legislature to combat illegal immigration by passing laws that require the sheriff's of North Carolina to cooperate with Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) in identifying and removing those criminal illegal aliens. i helped pass laws that restrict the purchasing of lands within North Carolina by adversarial govenments and protect our military installations.
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2022
Bill Ward completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ward's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Education is one of the major areas that we must focus upon. Testing shows that as a nation we lag behind most developed nations. Emphasis must be placed upon returning to academics as opposed to social experiments and indoctrination. Parents must be included in the narrative in determining what their children are taught and in determining what direction their children are lead whether it be public schools, charter schools or private schools.
- Public safety is an area that we must also focus upon. Over the past two years, we have watched as anarchist have burned and destroyed our cities calling for defunding of police, bail reform and court reform. We must ensure that all of our public safety entities, police, fire and emergency medical, are funded at an appropriate level to provide the safety that is required. We must move away from bond reform that allows criminals to be released back into our communities only to offend again and court reform to ensure that criminals are appropriately punished.
- Election integrity is a major concern. We must ensure that only citizens are allowed to vote in our elections. Voter I.D. and signature verification must be implemented to ensure that outside interference does not occur.
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from April 24 to December 13.
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2023
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In 2023, the North Carolina State Legislature was in session from January 11 to October 25.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 |
Officeholder North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 |
Footnotes
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| Preceded by Howard Hunter III (D) |
North Carolina House of Representatives District 5 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
