Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An fara zabar Watson a majalisar wakilan Tennessee a zaben musamman a watan Janairun 2006 don maye gurbin Chris Newton, wanda ya yi murabus a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Tennessee Waltz. An sake zabarsa sau hudu. Ya kasance wakili a babban taron Jam'iyyar Republican na 2008
Ka yi haƙuri. A shekara ta 2010, ya sami lambar yabo ta 'yan majalisar dokoki ta shekara ta kungiyar jami'an gundumar Tennessee. A watan Nuwambar 2011, Kakakin Beth Harwell ya nada shi a cikin Kwamitin Gudanar da Shari'ar Laifuka na Tennessee. A ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 2013, ya ba da sanarwar niyyarsa ta tsayawa takarar sheriff na Bradley County. An zabe shi a shekarar 2014, inda ya kayar da Jim Ruth, kuma ya yi murabus daga Majalisar Tennessee a watan Agusta mai zuwa, bayan ya fara aiki. A shekarar 2018, ya sake tsayawa takara, kuma ya yi rashin nasara ga mai kalubalantar Steve Lawson da kuri'u 1,175. Lawson ya gaje shi a watan Satumbar 2018.