Jill Ward
Jill Ward is an American politician from Kansas that currently represents the 105th district of the Kansas [House of Representatives] since 2024 [Kansas House of Representatives election|2024] as a Republican.
Biography
Ward is a life-long resident of Wichita and worked as an account executive for a distributor of facility supplies.State representative
Incumbent Republican Brenda Landwehr announced she would be retiring with Ward facing off against David Hickman in the Republican primaries. Ward centered her campaign on not being a career politician and supporting small business, while Hickman, a pastor with master's degrees in Bible psychology and Christian education ran a more conservative campaign. Ward would win with 949 votes to Hickman's 524 to face off against Democrat John Burke.Burke, who earned a master's degree from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. from Kansas State University worked as the superintendent of the Haysville [School District] and worked as an adjunct professor at several universities. Ward would beat Burke with 5,258 votes to Burke's 3,654.