Michael Delavan Ward (born January 7, 1951) is an American former politician and radio talk show host who served as a United States Representative from Kentucky.

He currently works a volunteer senior advisor in the office of Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.

Lukey Ward was, along with her friend Georgia Davis, the day-to-day manager of the Kentucky chapter of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

[2][3] In 1994, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, winning Kentucky's Third Congressional District seat that was being vacated by Romano L. Mazzoli.

Ward was one of few Democrats to win an open seat in the Republican congressional landslide that year.