David Watters

David Watters
New Hampshire State Senate, District 4
Incumbent
In office
December 5, 2012 - Present
Years in position	1
Party	Democratic
Compensation
Base salary	$200/two-year term
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	November 6, 2012
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	N/A
Prior offices
New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 4
2008 - 2012
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

David Watters (b. December 28, 1950) is a Democratic member of the New Hampshire State Senate, representing District 4. He was first elected to the chamber in 2008.

Biography

Watters earned a B.A. in English from Dartmouth College, and a Ph.D. in English from Brown University. His professional experience includes working as a professor at the University of New Hampshire.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Watters served on the following committees:

New Hampshire Committee Assignments, 2013
• Executive Departments and Administration
• Transportation

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Watters served on the following committee:

New Hampshire Committee Assignments, 2011
• Fish and Game and Marine Resources

Election history

2012

See also: New Hampshire State Senate elections, 2012

Watters won election in the 2012 election for New Hampshire State Senate, District 4. Watters ran unopposed in the September 11th Democratic primary election and defeated Phyllis Woods (R) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

New Hampshire State Senate, District 4, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Watters	60.9%	18,152
	Republican	Phyllis Woods	39.1%	11,650
Total Votes				29,802

2010

See also: New Hampshire House of Representatives elections, 2010

On November 2, 2010 Watters won re-election to the New Hampshire House of Representatives.

Watters advanced past the September 14 primary election. He faced incumbent Peter Schmidt (D), incumbent Brendon Browne (D), Christopher Buck (R), and Greg Vatistas (R) in the November 2 general election.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford 4 general election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
David Watters (D)		1,542
Peter Schmidt (D)		1,507
Brendon Browne (D)		1,419
Greg Vatistas (R)		964
Christopher Buck (R)		955

2008

On November 4, 2008, Watters finished second for the three-seat Strafford District 4 in New Hampshire receiving 2,566 votes, behind Democrats Peter Schmidt (2,624), and ahead of Democrat Brendon Browne (2,417) and Republican Matt Mayberry (1,624) and others (8).

Watters raised $1000 toward his campaign.

New Hampshire House of Representatives, Strafford District 4
Candidates		Votes
Peter Schmidt (D)		2,624
David Watters (D)		2,566
Brendon Browne (D)		2,417
Matt Mayberry (R)		1,624
Others		8

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Watters was up for re-election, he did not collect any money in donations.

Personal

Watters is married and has one child.

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External links

Suggest a link

• Office website
• Campaign website
• Biography from Project Vote Smart
• Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2010, 2008

References

Political offices
Preceded by Jim Forsythe (R)	New Hampshire State Senate District 4 2012–present	Succeeded by NA