
Jeanette Ward
Republican | Wyoming
Candidate Profile
Verified Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jeanette Ward
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 57
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Penn State University, State College, PA, B.S., 1995
University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, M.S., 1997
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, M.B.A., 2003
WORK & MILITARY
Doula
AFFILIATIONS
Natrona County Right to Life, volunteer
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Board of Education Member, School District U-46 (largest elected school board in Illinois), 2015-2019
Republican Precinct Committeeman, Illinois Wayne Township precinct 7, 2015-2021
Wyoming House District 57 Representative, 2023-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Republican Candidate, Illinois State Senate, District 25, 2020-
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2023-2024
100%
2024
A+
2024
95%, 98%†
2023
94%
2023-2024
|100%
2024
|A+
2024
|95%, 98%†
2023
|94%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2024
|0%
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Wyoming Right to Life
OTHER INFORMATION
Donation record compiled by FollowTheMoney.org
Jeanette Ward's 2024 campaign video.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
Elective abortions should be prohibited.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
It is not the proper role of government to tell private business what to pay their employees, unless the private business is receiving government funding. In that circumstance, they have opened the door to limited government intrusion.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Fully institute the DOGE program for every department of government and target waste for elimination. Restructure entitlement programs. We must reduce the dependency upon government programs that have metastasized. We must give young people free market options and transition slowly away from Social Security and Healthcare programs, fulfilling promises to the aged and beginning anew for the young. Review, reduce and restructure all other transfer payment programs for merit and effectiveness.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The "separation of Church and State" is not in our Constitution. The First Amendment's Establishment Clause prohibits the government from making any law “respecting an establishment of religion.” The phrase "separation of Church and State" appears in Thomas Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists, which promised to keep the STATE OUT OF THE CHURCH, not the CHURCH out of active public and civic life.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
None of the above. Taxpayer funded health care should be strategically reduced over time in all forms, therefore Medicaid and Medicare would eventually become unnecessary. Providing healthcare for people is not the proper role of government, however we are where we are today. We must start with those that are younger and build a health system that is not dictated by private insurance companies nor the government beyond resolving negligence.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes it is important. However Israel should run its own government, and we should run ours. The two should not be intertwined.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
Strongly Disagree – technically they are illegal aliens.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian and seek to honor the Lord Jesus Christ with my life.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Organic fuels: coal, oil, and gas
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Punish evildoers to act as a deterrent to those who would do the same.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
"Shall not be infringed".
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