NH Senate District 8

Croydon, Newport, Unity, Acworth, Stoddard, Antrim, Deering, Weare, Bradford, Sutton, Newbury, Springfield, New London, Sunapee, Goshen, Grantham, Lempster, Washington, Marlow, Hillsboro, Langdon, Windsor, Bennington, Francestown

Ruth Ward

Republican

Contact Information:
State House, Room 302
107 North Main Street Street
Concord, NH 03301

Phone: 603-271-2609
Email: ruth.ward@leg.state.nh.us

Senator Ruth Ward is a grandmother, a retired nurse practitioner, a community leader and a conservative consensus builder.  Senator Ward has lived in Senate District 8 for over 20 years and has lived with her family in Stoddard since 1995.  She has served on several statewide boards and commissions including as a Land Steward for the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, the NH Rivers Management Advisory Council, and on the Board of Advisors of the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC).

She is a master weaver and is juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and has served as a Trustee of the American Textile History Museum. She lives in Stoddard with her husband and they have nine grown children.  She serves as Chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Election Law and Municipal Affairs and Transportation Committees.