Wanda J. Watson
Democratic · TX · Brazos County Commissioner, Precinct 4
Wanda J. Watson has been a Brazos County commissioner since 2023 after a career in budgeting and academic affairs at Texas A&M. She says her priorities are funding roads, bridges, and law enforcement without overtaxing residents.
Where Wanda J. Watson stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 10 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Voted on Feb. 4, 2025, to seek bids for a study of county employee pay and job duties. It passed 3-2, with Fred Brown and Bentley Nettles voting no. She backed basing raises on job performance instead of years served.
February 4, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 10 oppose
Voted on Sept. 1, 2026, for a property tax rate of 44.35 cents per $100 of value, higher than the year before. It passed 3-2, with Bentley Nettles and Fred Brown voting no. She also voted for the $482.3 million budget, which passed 4-1 with only Nettles opposed.
September 1, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: communityimpact.com
Voted on June 9, 2026, to buy land near the county jail for nearly $2.5 million, about $1 million above its appraised value. The unbudgeted purchase passed 3-1.
June 9, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on April 21, 2026, to spend about $120,000 on a study of moving the district attorney's office out of the courthouse. It passed 4-1.
April 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on March 24, 2026, to award a $59 million contract to build a county office building, parking garage, and skywalk to the courthouse. It passed 4-1.
March 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on Feb. 10, 2026, against leaving the county's assistant general counsel job unfilled. The motion to keep it vacant passed 3-2.
February 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on Nov. 18, 2025, to extend the county's contract with the consultant managing its road bond projects to January 2027, at a lower monthly fee. It passed 3-1, and she said changing course midstream was not prudent.
November 18, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: theeagle.com
Spoke on Sept. 9, 2025, for keeping county funding for nonprofit agencies while they raise money, after a fellow commissioner proposed phasing it out.
September 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on July 29, 2025, with a unanimous court to end the county's design contract for the Inner East Loop highway. She said residents' input shaped her vote.
July 29, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: kbtx.com
Voted on July 15, 2025, to renew a $120,000-a-year contract with an outside consultant who helps the county's human resources office with employee benefits. It passed 3-2.
July 15, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on Sept. 19, 2023, for her first county budget and a tax rate of 40.97 cents per $100 of value. Both passed 4-1, with only Steve Aldrich voting no. She said the county must pay for services such as mental health care.
September 19, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on May 23, 2023, against planning a 4.5% cost-of-living raise for county workers. She sided with a commissioner who wanted 6%; the 4.5% plan passed 3-2.
May 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted on June 4, 2024, with a unanimous court to move ahead with a special criminal court for defendants with mental illness or intellectual disability. She called it a great idea.
June 4, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Asked on Feb. 6, 2024, for the county's emergency operations committee to help with warming centers after volunteers opened one during freezing weather.
February 6, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted on March 24, 2026, to award a $59 million contract to build a county office building, parking garage, and skywalk to the courthouse. It passed 4-1.
March 24, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Voted on March 10, 2026, to keep College Station City Hall as an early voting site for the primary runoff, despite the city's request to move it. The vote was 3-1.
March 10, 2026
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on July 15, 2025, for new public comment rules that cut speaking time from four minutes to three. The change failed after nine speakers opposed it.
July 15, 2025
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on June 3, 2025, with two other commissioners to deny an RV park owner's request to redraw lots in the Oak Hills subdivision, after neighbors objected.
June 3, 2025
Source: wtaw.com
Abstained on March 11, 2025, when the court voted to delay two contracts worth $54.5 million for a new county office complex in her precinct.
March 11, 2025
Source: wtaw.com
Spoke at county meetings in December 2024 for tenants of Southgate Village apartments in College Station, who lacked gas and water. She called conditions deplorable and asked for volunteers to help.
December 10, 2024
Source: wtaw.com
Voted on May 16, 2023, to fire the county's veterans service officer, after ten veterans asked the court to keep him. The firing passed 3-2.
May 16, 2023
Source: wtaw.com
Spoke to the Brazos County commissioners court on May 31, 2022, with a local NAACP leader. She said voters in the primary runoff were sent to a voting center blocked by road construction.
May 31, 2022
Source: wtaw.com
Led the Brazos County Democratic Party as its chair through the 2020 election. After the party's local losses, she said health care was the top issue for local Democrats.
November 4, 2020
Source: kbtx.com
Past race Wanda J. Watson ran in:
- County Commissioner, Precinct No. 4 · November 3, 2026 · Brazos County, Texas · incumbent