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'''David Lee Watts''' (born 1967) is a business consultant and [[conservative]] activist from Gilmer in east [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in the primary election scheduled for March 1, 2016, for the District 7 seat in the Texas House of Representatives, which encompasses Gregg (Longview) and Upshur counties. He faces competition from former Longview Mayor Jay Dean.<ref name=longnj>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/jul/03/republican-candidate-david-watts-joins-race-to-rep/|title=Republican candidate David Watts joins race to represent Gregg, Upshur counties|date=July 3, 2015|author=Glenn Evans|publisher=''Longview News-Journal''|accessdate=November 28, 2015}]</ref>

'''David Lee Watts''' (born 1967) is a business consultant and [[conservative]] activist from near Gilmer in east [[Texas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate in the primary election scheduled for March 1, 2016, for the District 7 seat in the Texas House of Representatives, which encompasses Gregg (Longview) and Upshur counties. He faces competition from former Longview Mayor Jay Dean.<ref name=longnj>{{cite web|url=http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/jul/03/republican-candidate-david-watts-joins-race-to-rep/|title=Republican candidate David Watts joins race to represent Gregg, Upshur counties|date=July 3, 2015|author=Glenn Evans|publisher=''Longview News-Journal''|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref>

In 2014, Watts was defeated for the Republican nomination for Texas land commissioner by [[George P. Bush]] of [[Fort Worth]], son of presidential candidate [[Jeb Bush]]. George P. Bush polled 934,571 primary votes (73 percent) to Watts' 345,565 (27 percent). Watts received only 36 percent of the ballots cast in his own county of Upshur.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar04_169_state.htm?x=0&y=3852&id=407|title=Republican primary election returns|publisher=team1.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}</ref> Bush then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] John Cook, a former mayor of [[El Paso]]. Watts has been critical of Land Commissioner Bush's out-of-state campaign appearances i 2015 on behalf of Bush's father's presidential prospects.<ref name=facebook/>

In 2014, Watts was defeated for the Republican nomination for Texas land commissioner by [[George P. Bush]] of [[Fort Worth]], son of presidential candidate [[Jeb Bush]]. George P. Bush polled 934,571 primary votes (73 percent) to Watts' 345,565 (27 percent). Watts received only 36 percent of the ballots cast in his own county of Upshur.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://team1.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/mar04_169_state.htm?x=0&y=3852&id=407|title=Republican primary election returns|publisher=team1.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}</ref> Bush then defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] John Cook, a former mayor of [[El Paso]]. Watts has been critical of Land Commissioner Bush's out-of-state campaign appearances i 2015 on behalf of Bush's father's presidential prospects.<ref name=facebook/>