# Howard Watts

Howard Watts is a Democratic member of the Nevada House for district 15.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Nevada House, district 15
- Serving since: 2018-11-07
- Current term: NV 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b88fd854-c97b-4908-a554-583b93bca5c4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b88fd854-c97b-4908-a554-583b93bca5c4 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

Watts sits at −0.89 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 84% of State House Democrats.

## What Watts says (NV 2025–26 session)

99 classified statements: 99 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Watts | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.0% | 2.5% | 254 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.1% | 10.4% | 410 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 55.6% | 39.2% | 154 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 35.4% | 14.4% | 48 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Energy 20% (State House Democrats 3.6%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 13% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Environmental Protection 13% (State House Democrats 3.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.89 (standard error 0.03), from 610 donors and 439 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NV 2025–26 session)

679 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Nevada House 99.0%). Party unity 97.8% (95.9%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 5 Makes revisions relating to health care. (BDR 40-32) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB5/
- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 10 Revises provisions relating to real property. (BDR 10-38) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB10/
- 2025-11-19 · voted yea · Assembly (2nd Reprint) · SB 4 Revises provisions relating to state financial and governmental administration. (BDR S-11) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB4/
- 2025-11-18 · voted nay · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 8 Revises provisions relating to employment. (BDR 53-35) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB8/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 6 Revises the Windsor Park Environmental Justice Act. (BDR S-12) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB6/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 7 Revises provisions relating to occupational diseases. (BDR 53-36) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB7/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · SB 2 Revises provisions relating to legislative affairs. (BDR 17-30) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB2/
- 2025-11-17 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · SB 1 Revises provisions governing the short-term lease of a passenger car. (BDR 43-26) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/SB1/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (As Introduced) · AB 6 Revises provisions governing public safety. (BDR 43-23) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB6/
- 2025-11-16 · voted yea · Assembly (1st Reprint) · AB 4 Revises provisions relating to public safety. (BDR 15-31) · pass · https://openstates.org/nv/bills/2025Special36/AB4/

## Legislation (NV 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 13. 76.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Nevada House 61.6%; rank 12 of 40).

Recent sponsored bills:

- AB 442: Revises provisions relating to grants. (BDR 31-589) (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB442/
- AB 458: Revises provisions governing energy. (BDR 58-228) (became law, 2025-06-06) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB458/
- AB 459: Revises provisions relating to certain providers of transportation services. (BDR 58-1003) (in committee, 2025-04-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB459/
- SB 402: Provides for the creation of restoration improvement districts for building restoration projects. (BDR 22-332) (in committee, 2025-06-03) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SB402/
- AB 404: Revises provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. (BDR 52-651) (became law, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB404/
- AB 397: Revises provisions relating to higher education. (BDR 34-653) (passed both chambers, 2025-06-12) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB397/
- SB 276: Revises provisions relating to water. (BDR 40-750) (became law, 2025-05-31) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SB276/
- AB 335: Revises provisions relating to education. (BDR 34-837) (became law, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/AB335/
- SB 262: Revises provisions relating to graduate medical education. (BDR 18-120) (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SB262/
- SJR 10: Urges Congress to take certain actions relating to the therapeutic use of certain psychedelic compounds. (BDR R-801) (passed one chamber, 2025-06-01) https://openstates.org/nv/bills/83/SJR10/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $126.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 82% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2064437872292487609
- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2064068598415663164
- 2026-06-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2064068600529555464
- 2026-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2063338395343143041
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2062943220355715560
- 2026-06-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2062943222339620896
- 2026-06-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2062603946297057703
- 2026-06-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2062281989433241729
- 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2060458305726898345
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/HowardWattsNV/status/2059678126544982049

## Links

- Official site: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/Current/15
- Campaign site: https://www.wattsfornevada.com/
- X: https://x.com/HowardWattsNV
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WattsForNevada
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hdubtre
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardswattsnv
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/howard-watts-iii-9a1321109/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b88fd854-c97b-4908-a554-583b93bca5c4