He favors using state military personnel to guard the lengthy border with [[Mexico]], considering the lack of consistent federal involvement in such patrols. Like [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]], he opposes the admission of [[Syria]]n [[refugee]]s into Texas for fear of [[terrorist]] threats. "We must fully fund law enforcement efforts on the border and provide them with the tools to get the job done," said Watts on his [[Facebook]] page. He opposes sanctuary cities in Texas, which harbor [[illegal immigrant]]s; departing Senator Eltife, a moderate Republican, helped to kill a measure to ban sanctuary cities in the 2015 legislative session. Watts opposes the legalization of [[marijuana]].<ref name=facebook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/WattsForTexas|title=Watts for Texas|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=November 28, 2015}}</ref>
Watts' opponent, Jay Dean, is a Moderate Republican who formerly served as the mayor of Longview in Gregg County. In 2014, Dean wrote a welcoming letter to an [[LGBT]] gathering, an issue that Watts has used against him in the campaign. "I will not bend to the LGBT agenda and will work relentlessly to protect our liberty and way of life," Watts said.<ref>{{cite wb|url=wattsfortexas.com|publisher=|title=Jay Dean: Supporting the LGBT Community|accessdate=January 26, 2016}}</ref> Watts carries the endorsements of two high profile Texas Republicans, Agriculture Commissioner Sidney Miller and U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe of the Fourth Congressional District in the [[Dallas]] [[suburb]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wattsfortexas.org|title=David Watts|publisher=wattsfortexas.org|accessdate=January 12, 2016}}</ref>
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