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Sam Watson's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

302-A Coverdell Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, GA 30334

P.O. Box 3914
Moultrie, GA 31776

Full Name:

Sam Watson

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Emily; 2 Children: Lily, Lucy

Birth Date:

09/19/1978

Birth Place:

Moultrie, GA

Home City:

Moultrie, GA

Religion:

Baptist

Bachelor of Science, Agriculture Education, University of Georgia, 2000-2002

Associate of Science, Animal Science, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, 1997-1999

Senator, Georgia State Senate, District 11, 2023-present

Candidate, Georgia State Senate, District 11, 2024

Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 172, 2012-2023

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 172, 2020, 2022

Ex-Officio, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Appropriations Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Member, Economic Development and Tourism Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Member, State and Local Governmental Operations Committee, Georgia State Senate, 2023-present

Chair, Ethics Committee, Georgia State Senate, present

Ex-Officio, Natural Resources and Environment Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives, present

Former Member, Government Oversight Committee, Georgia State Senate

Former Member, Juvenile Justice Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Special Rules Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Georgia State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Transportation Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Partner, Chill C Farms / Moultrie Melon Company, 2013-present

Member, Colquitt County Cattlemen’s Association, present

Member, Colquitt County Farm Bureau Board of Directors, present

Member, Colquitt County Young Farmers, present

Member, First Baptist Church, Moultrie, present

Member, Georgia Agribusiness Council, present

Member, Georgia Farm Bureau Young Farmer Committee, present

Member, Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, present

Member, Moultrie-Colquitt County Chamber of Commerce Agricultural Committee, present

President, University of Georgia (UGA) Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Alumni Board, present

Volunteer, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), present

Participant, Leadership Georgia, 2012

Participant, Leadership Colquitt, 2011

Awards:

2010 Georgia Trend's "Movers and Shakers in Agribusiness";
2014 Georgia Chamber of Commerce's freshman legislator of the year award.

Father's Occupation:

Farmer

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