Watson akatanga kusarudzwa kuTennessee House of Representatives musarudzo chaiyo muna Ndira 2006 kuti atsive Chris Newton, uyo akasiya basa sechikamu cheOperation Tennessee Waltz. Akasarudzwazve kanokwana kana. Akanga ari mumiriri mukuru pa2008 Republican National Convention
. Muna 2010, akagamuchira Legislator of the Year neCounty Officials Association yeTennessee. MunaNovember 2011, Mutauriri Beth Harwell akamugadza kuTennessee Criminal Justice Coordinating Council. Musi waOctober 5, 2013, akazivisa vavariro dzake dzokumhanyira kuva sheriff weBradley County. Akasarudzwa muna 2014, achikunda Jim Ruth, uye akasiya basa kubva kuTennessee House muna Nyamavhuvhu anotevera, paakatora chigaro. Muna 2018, akamhanyira kusarudzwazve, uye akarasikirwa nemupikisi Steve Lawson nemavhoti 1,175. Akatsiviwa naLawson munaGunyana 2018.