Georgia Senate · District 1
Ben Watson
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Ben Watson's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Georgia Senate District 1.
Also on the ballot: Corey Foreman (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ben Watson.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Ben Watson.
Contested votes where they split
10 against the Senate Majority Leader; 7 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Ben Watson voted on each of the 449 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact and committees
Contact
- Official page
- www.legis.ga.gov
- ben.watson@senate.ga.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 325-A, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-7880
Committees
- Health and Human Services Chair
- Rules Vice chair
- Economic Development and Tourism Ex officio
- Administrative Affairs
- Appropriations
- Assignments
- Judiciary
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Georgia General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 13, 2026.
Source: the Georgia House and Senate Journals (the Senate's for its 2025 session; it hasn't published its 2026 Journals yet), Jan. 13, 2025 to June 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections