Howard Watts
Nevada State Assemblymember, District 15 since 2018. Lost re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4.
- In office
- 7 yrs
- Since 2018
- Bills became law
- 9
- 18 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 0.0%
- Chamber median 0.2%
- With party
- 98%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +19.8
- Won 2024
- Elections
- 5
- 2018–2026
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Growth and Infrastructure · chair
- Jobs and Economy Special
- Natural Resources
- Ways and Means
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Watts sits in the Nevada State Assembly
Watts is closer to the center than 23% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: David Orentlicher, Heather Goulding, Erica Mosca
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:57 PM ET
With Watts’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats98%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills31%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Nevada State Assembly.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Watts’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Watts | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2025 | SB 4: Revises provisions relating to state financial and governmental administration. (BDR S-11) | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 30–7 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | SB 260: Revises provisions relating to air quality. (BDR 53-961) | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 32–10 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | SB 460: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-16) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 38–4 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | SB 217: Makes revisions relating to reproductive health care. (BDR 40-24) | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 27–15 |
| May 30, 2025 | AB 428: Requires certain health plans to include coverage for fertility preservation services.… | Yes | Yes | Yes | Passed 38–4 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Watts was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nevada Assembly District 15 | Lost | — | — | — |
| 2024 | Nevada State Assembly, District 15 | Won | D+19.8 | D+19.2 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | Nevada State Assembly, District 15 | Won | D+25.1 | D+25.7 | −0.6 |
| 2020 | Nevada State Assembly, District 15 | Won | D+29.5 | D+31.5 | −2.0 |
| 2018 | Nevada State Assembly, District 15 | Won | D+32.9 | D+31.5 | +1.4 |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Nevada Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Watts has held
- Nevada State Assembly, District 15 · since 2018
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Watts has run against
- Melissa Lynn Spence (R) · 2024 election, won
- Steven D. Bang (R) · 2022 election, won
- Stan Vaughan (R) · 2020 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Nevada Secretary of State (unofficial)
How we know Watts
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/b88fd854-c97b-4908-a554-583b93bca5c4
- Wikidata Q90955661
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET