Sam Watson

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 11 · Republican

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241 roll-call votes on record - 218 yes, 8 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 11 (Georgia) since Feb 2023. legis.ga.gov ↗

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241

Roll-call votes on record.

241 votes · 218 yes · 15 excused · 8 no. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 23, 2026

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Sales Tax9 votes · yes on 7, no on 0, 2 other

Local Government9 votes · yes on 9, no on 0

Taxes8 votes · yes on 8, no on 0

Property Taxes6 votes · yes on 4, no on 0, 2 other

State Government6 votes · yes on 6, no on 0

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESGeneral Assembly; motor fuel and diesel fuel taxes; ratify Governor Brian P. Kemp's Executive OrderHR 3EX · Jun 23, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 63% of Georgia House members

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Score+0.84 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.10 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+0.95)

Compared with648 members of Georgia House members (1993–2022)

Covers2013–2022

● This person Democrats (288) Republicans (359)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 56% of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Details

Score+1.02 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.12 more liberal than the Republican median in this group (+1.14)

Compared with232 members of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Covers2012–2022

● This person Democrats (99) Republicans (131)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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