Keith B. Ward

Keith B. Ward is a Republican candidate for Register of Wills in Somerset County, Maryland, an office he has held since his first election in 2014. A lifelong resident of the county, Ward graduated from Crisfield High School. Before his tenure as Register of Wills, he served as a deputy in the Wicomico County Sheriff's Department for six years, working in patrol and the narcotics task force. In 1996, he founded Prime Time Fishing, Inc., a charter fishing business he operated until 2014. Ward is deeply involved in his local community, having served on the Somers Cove Marina Commission and as a past president of the Crisfield Fire Department.