# Courtney Watson

Courtney Watson is a Democratic member of the Maryland House for district 9B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Maryland House, district 9B
- Serving since: 2019-01-09
- Current term: MD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ef1a4d48-39d0-4b6c-9ffc-a6d30b28476d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef1a4d48-39d0-4b6c-9ffc-a6d30b28476d (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

100% of Watson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Maryland, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.46 (standard error 0.02), from 340 donors and 592 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Legislation (MD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 27 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 18 became law. Cosponsored 0. 62.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Maryland House 49.4%; rank 28 of 140).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1559: Children in Unlicensed Settings and Pediatric Hospital Overstay Patients - Placement (became law, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1559/
- HB 1472: Better Small Business Employee Benefit Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1472/
- HB 1389: Public Health - Female Genital Mutilation (became law, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1389/
- HB 1300: African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations (became law, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HB 1335: Department of Information Technology - Information Technology Staffing and Capability Assessment - Independent Study (became law, 2026-05-31) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1335/
- HB 1239: Public Safety - Critical Infrastructure Protection (became law, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1239/
- HB 1157: Health Insurance - Plan Benefits and Coverage - Annual Reporting (Transparency, Reporting, Understanding, Timeliness, and Honesty (TRUTH) in Mental Health… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1157/
- HB 1153: Maryland Medical Assistance Program and Health Insurance - Claims for Reimbursement - Downcoding (in committee, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1153/
- HB 1040: Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund - Mandated Uses - Climate Change Programs (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1040/
- HB 1056: General Provisions - Commemorative Days - Purple Lights Night (passed one chamber, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/md/bills/2026/HB1056/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $38.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Members/Details/watson02
- Campaign site: https://www.courtneywatson9b.com/
- X: https://x.com/courtneywatson1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/courtneywatsonhoco/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUW42TMB2M_xKp3hsEWtl-g

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ef1a4d48-39d0-4b6c-9ffc-a6d30b28476d