Georgia Senate · District 11

Sam Watson

Republican
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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader 90% On 167 contested votes where both voted · 95% on all votes Votes with own party 94% Partisan rank: 33 of 51 in the Senate Didn't vote at roll call 2% 9 of 449 roll calls · 2 of them excused

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Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Sam 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

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More conservative than 56% of the Georgia Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
23rd most conservative of 51

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Georgia Senate District 11.

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The scores

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Votes with the Senate Majority Leader
90%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Sam Watson.

On 167 contested votes where both voted95% on all 434 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
94%
Democrats Republicans 75%100%

Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Sam Watson.

On 126 party-line votesPartisan rank: 33 of 51 in the Senate

Contested votes where they split

17 against the Senate Majority Leader; 10 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteSenate Majority LeaderMost of their party
April 4, 2025 HB 296: Provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement to possess a driver's license while operating a motor…
Amendment		 Yea Yea Nay
April 2, 2025 HB 308: Provide for the operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways
Amendment		 Yea Nay Yea
April 2, 2025 HB 233: Designate Brunswick stew as the official state stew
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
April 2, 2025 HB 54: Authorize advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants to order home healthcare services to patients of licensed home health agencies
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 31, 2025 HB 416: Revise the class of retailer from which fees may be collected
Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 31, 2025 HB 58: Authorize the adoption of local ordinances, resolutions, regulations, or policies that restrict the flight of unmanned aircraft systems over mass public…
Concur		 Yea Nay Nay
March 28, 2025 HB 360: Revise a tax credit for the rehabilitation of historic structures
Passage		 Yea Yea Nay
March 27, 2025 HB 86: Revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, the judge of the Georgia…
Passage		 Yea Nay Yea
March 27, 2025 HB 86: Revise provisions relating to calculating and setting the salaries of Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, the judge of the Georgia…
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 18, 2025 SR 148: Recognizing and commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States and the State of Georgia
Amendment		 Nay Yea Yea
March 6, 2025 SB 291: Establish an "America First" specialty license plate
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 57: Protect the exercise of constitutional rights
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Passage		 Yea Nay Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2025 SB 220: Rename low THC oil as medical cannabis
Amendment		 Nay Yea Nay
March 4, 2025 SB 154: Revise or remove references to the United States Department of Education from the Official Code of Georgia Annotated
Amendment		 Yea Nay Nay

Every roll call

How Sam Watson voted on each of the 449 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partySenate Majority LeaderYeas–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
Email
sam.watson@senate.ga.gov
Capitol office
Room 302-A, Coverdell Legislative Office Building 18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-0065
District office
P.O. Box 3914, Moultrie, GA 31776

Committees

  • Ethics Chair
  • State and Local Governmental Operations Secretary
  • Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Ex officio
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Ex officio
  • Appropriations
  • Economic Development and Tourism
  • Special Committee on Eliminating Georgia's Income Tax

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