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'''Michael David Watson, Jr.''' (born December 22, 1977), is a [[lawyer]] from his native Pascagoula, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2008 represented District 51 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within Jackson County on the Gulf Coast of his state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/watson.xml|title=Michael Watson|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
'''Michael David Watson, Jr.''' (born December 22, 1977), is a [[lawyer]] from his native Pascagoula, [[Mississippi]], who has since 2008 represented District 51 in the Mississippi State Senate. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within Jackson County on the Gulf Coast of his state.<ref name=billstatus>{{cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/watson.xml|title=Michael Watson|publisher=Billstatus.ls.state.ms.us|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Watson graduated from Pascagoula High School and attended the [[University of Mississippi]] and its law school in Oxford. A [[Presbyterian]], he and his wife, the former Lauren Emswiler, have two daughters, Gracie and Annie Watson.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69844/michael-watson#.WegIcrpFzb1title=Michael Watson's Biography|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
Watson graduated from Pascagoula High School and attended the [[University of Mississippi]] and its law school in Oxford. A [[Presbyterian]], he and his wife, the former Lauren Emswiler, have two daughters, Gracie and Annie Watson.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/69844/michael-watson#.WegIcrpFzb1|title=Michael Watson's Biography|accessdate=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
In the 2007 Republican [[primary]] election, Watson, at the age of twenty-nine, unseated the four-term incumbent, Tommy Robertson, 4,994 (60.9 percent) to 3,204 (39.1 percent). Then in the [[general election]], he overwhelmed the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Ray Vecchio, 10,305 (74.7 percent) to 3,490 (25.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=
In the 2007 Republican [[primary]] election, Watson, at the age of twenty-nine, unseated the four-term incumbent, Tommy Robertson, 4,994 (60.9 percent) to 3,204 (39.1 percent). Then in the [[general election]], he overwhelmed the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Ray Vecchio, 10,305 (74.7 percent) to 3,490 (25.3 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=