David Watts

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David Lee Watts (born 1967) is a conservative activist from Gilmer in east Texas, who is a 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.

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.[1] Bush then defeated the 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.[2]

Watts is seeking to succeed Republican Representative David Simpson of Longview, who is instead a candidate for the Texas State Senate seat vacated by the retiring Republican Kevin Eltife. Known for his constitutional stands, he uses the slogan "Less Government, More Liberty". He is strongly pro-life and in unwavering support of the Second Amendment. He even opposes property taxes, long a mainstay of local governments in Texas. Watts takes the view that such taxes deny homeowners full possession of their land and dwelling because annual payments must be rendered to city, county, school district, community college, and various other entities as well. He calls this phenomenon "perpetual rent that you pay to the government for your property, for the rest of your life." Until these taxes can be ended, Watts said legislators must hold appraisal district accountable to voters.[3]

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 Syrian refugees 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 also opposes sanctuary cities and medical use of marijuana.[4]

Watts (place of birth in Texas missing) has lived in the Longview area since 1999. He is married with two daughters and a son. He has studied at California State University at Northridge, the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky and the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University in Downers Grove in DuPage County, Illinois. He is affiliated with the Church of Christ.[5]


References

  1. Republican primary election returns. team1.sos.state.tx.us. Retrieved on March 6, 2014.
  2. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named facebook
  3. David Watts for Texas House. wattsfortexas.org. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.
  4. Watts for Texas. Facebook. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.
  5. David Watts in Gilmer, Texas. intelius.com. Retrieved on November 28, 2015.