Become part of the movement for unbiased, accessible election information. Donate today.
Matthew Watson
Matthew Watson (Republican Party) was a member of the Baton Rouge Metro Council in Louisiana, representing District 11. Watson assumed office in 2017. Watson left office on December 31, 2020.
Watson (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. Watson lost in the primary on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Watson works as a service sales manager with Cajun Ready Mix Concrete. He has also served as the public relations specialist and outreach officer for Council District 11 since 2013.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Mayoral election in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2020)
Louisiana elections use the majority-vote system. All candidates compete in the same primary, and a candidate can win the election outright by receiving more than 50 percent of the vote. If no candidate does, the top two vote recipients from the primary advance to the general election, regardless of their partisan affiliation.
General election
General election for Mayor of Baton Rouge
Incumbent Sharon Weston Broome defeated Steve Carter in the general election for Mayor of Baton Rouge on December 5, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sharon Weston Broome (D) | 56.5 | 65,495 |
| Steve Carter (R) | 43.5 | 50,353 | ||
| Total votes: 115,848 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Baton Rouge
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Baton Rouge on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sharon Weston Broome (D) | 48.1 | 98,722 |
| ✔ | Steve Carter (R) | 19.9 | 40,757 | |
 | Matthew Watson (R) | 13.2 | 27,062 | |
| Jordan Piazza (R) | 9.8 | 20,012 | ||
 | Denise Marcelle (D) | 7.1 | 14,603 | |
| E Eric Guirard (Independent) | 1.4 | 2,968 | ||
| Frank Smith (R) | 0.5 | 978 | ||
| Total votes: 205,102 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tara Wicker (D)
2016
| Baton Rouge Metro Council District 11, Primary Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Matthew Watson |
54.99% | 7,866 | |
| Republican | David Vincent | 26.46% | 3,785 | |
| Republican | Bonnie Budyach | 18.55% | 2,653 | |
| Total Votes | 14,304 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, "Official Results," accessed November 8, 2016 | ||||
Endorsements
Watson received the endorsement of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber (BRAC) in September 2016. BRAC endorsed candidates focused on improvements to transportation, crime reduction, workforce education, economic growth, government efficiency, and city beautification efforts.[2]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matthew Watson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ryan Heck (R) |
Baton Rouge Metro Council, District 11 2017 – 2021 |
Succeeded by Laura White Adams (R) |
| |||||||||
