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==Political life==

==Political life==

From c. 1980 to 1991, he resided in Louisville, he ran unsuccessfully for the District 31 seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In that campaign, he urged a repeal of the newly-increased state [[sales tax]] and an end to special exemptions for racehorse owners. As a delegate to the subsequent Jefferson County Republican Convention, he championed conservative solutions to public issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stopthemagnet.com/candidate-page/david-watts-candidate-for-texas-land-commissioner|title=David Watts - Candidate For Texas Land Commissioner|publisher=Stopthemagnet.com|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}</ref>

From c. 1980 to 1991, he resided in Louisville, he ran unsuccessfully for the District 31 seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. In that campaign, he urged a repeal of the newly increased state [[sales tax]] and an end to special exemptions for racehorse owners. As a delegate to the subsequent Jefferson County Republican Convention, he championed conservative solutions to public issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stopthemagnet.com/candidate-page/david-watts-candidate-for-texas-land-commissioner|title=David Watts - Candidate For Texas Land Commissioner|publisher=Stopthemagnet.com|accessdate=October 8, 2017}}</ref>

In 2014, Watts was defeated for the Republican nomination for Texas land commissioner by [[George P. Bush]], son of defeated presidential candidate [[Jeb Bush]], the former [[governor]] of [[Florida]]. 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 Upshur County.<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 in 2015 on behalf of Jeb Bush's presidential aspirations. He said that Bush should remain in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] to tend to his elected duties as Watts would have done had he won the 2014 election, rather than campaigning across the country.<ref name=facebook/>

In 2014, Watts was defeated for the Republican nomination for Texas land commissioner by [[George P. Bush]], son of defeated presidential candidate [[Jeb Bush]], the former [[governor]] of [[Florida]]. 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 Upshur County.<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 in 2015 on behalf of Jeb Bush's presidential aspirations. He said that Bush should remain in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] to tend to his elected duties as Watts would have done had he won the 2014 election, rather than campaigning across the country.<ref name=facebook/>