---
type: Person
title: "Ben Watson"
description: "GA Senate District 1 — GA State Senate District 1"
role: "GA Senate District 1"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "GA"
district: "GA State Senate District 1"
represents: "us/states/ga/districts/senate/1"
tenure:
  start: "2015-01-12"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "0c64e2a7-b607-4d9c-aca0-37ed74f82506"
  office: "2ae56dac-b806-46ba-905b-dc53ef86c4e8"
  tenure: "f1ccec12-8776-4cbf-9447-0c8d6d94c0ef"
  jurisdiction: "5e9fc763-9f72-4bd0-a515-3fca44291db5"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDU (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ga]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ben Watson

Current GA Senate District 1 (GA State Senate District 1).

Represents [GA State Senate District 1](/us/states/ga/districts/senate/1.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDU (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).