On Monday, State Sen. Cam Ward (R-Alabaster) formally announced his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for the Place 1 associate justice post on the Alabama Supreme Court.

Ward presently serves as the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman and president of the Alabama Law Institute. He represents a district that includes parts of Shelby, Bibb and Chilton Counties.

The Alabaster Republican is a graduate of Troy State University and Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. According to a release, he is a practicing attorney specializing in criminal justice reform and economic development.

“The roles of the three branches of government are very well-defined,” Ward said in a statement announcing his candidacy. “The legislative branch writes the laws, the executive branch enforces the laws and the judicial branch interprets the laws. My judicial philosophy will be easy to understand. As a judge, my role will be to interpret the law exactly as it is written, not to write new ones.”

Ward will compete statewide in the Republican primary for his party’s nod on March 3, 2020.

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.