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.

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.

In fact, she was at the Lorraine Motel, waiting to go to dinner with Dr. King, when he was assassinated as he exited his room.

[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.