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| | | name=Michael David Watson, Jr. | | | name=Michael David Watson, Jr. |
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| | | office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 51 (Jackson County) | | | office=Mississippi State Senator<br> for District 51 (Jackson County) |
| | | term_start=January 2008 | | | term_start=January 2008 |
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| | | residence=Pascagoula, Mississippi | | | residence=Pascagoula, Mississippi |
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| − | '''Michael David Watson, Jr.''' (born December 22, 1977), is an [[attorney]] from his native Pascagoula, [[Mississippi]], who was from 2008 to 2020 the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 51 in 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 an [[attorney]] from his native Pascagoula,who is the current [[Mississippi]] Secretary of State. From 2008 to 2020 the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 51 in 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> |
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| | 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> | | 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> |