Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Mike Ward
Mike Ward was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1995.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3279 To provide for early deferred annuities under chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, for certain former Department of Defense employees who are seperated…Apr 23, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
- H.R. 2222 To provide for continued retirement and leave benefits for certain former employees of the Department of Defense.Aug 10, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
- H.Res. 160 Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1535) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the tax rules on expatriation, to modify the…May 25, 1995 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Elections Rep. Ward has won
Rep. Ward has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 0.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.