Colby Watson is from Indian Trail, North Carolina. He has a high school diploma. He is married and has two children. He lives in Monroe, North Carolina.

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Colby Watson is from Indian Trail. He attended Central Piedmont Community College. Colby lives with his wife in Monroe and has two children.

Colby is a federal contractor. He previously worked in the farming and construction industries. He also co-owned a business with his brother that grew to employ more than 50 people.

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Colby works as the owner of Garnet Contracting, a construction company.

Colby s campaign for North Carolina s 8th Congressional District representative is his first time running for public office.

Colby 's campaign for U.S, representative for North Carolina's 8th District is his first run for public office.

Plans to eliminate the "carried interest tax loophole," which allows hedge funds to pay lower taxes.

Supports tax credits and subsidies for small businesses to pay employees a living wage.

Supports developing trade policies that promote job growth and encourage employment within the state.

Supports constructing affordable housing in urban and rural areas by removing "unnecessary red tape" and modernizing zoning laws.

Supports constructing affordable housing in urban and rural areas by modernizing zoning laws.

Opposes corporate investments in the housing market.

- Plans to eliminate the "carried interest tax loophole," which allows hedge funds to pay lower taxes.
- Supports tax credits and subsidies for small businesses to pay employees a living wage.
- Supports developing trade policies that promote job growth and encourage employment within the state.
- Supports protecting Social Security.
- Supports constructing affordable housing in urban and rural areas by modernizing zoning laws.
- Opposes corporate investments in the housing market.

Economy

Supports increasing community service for nonviolent offenders, arguing that it is more cost-effective than incarceration and helps repair community damage.

Supports drug rehabilitation programs to reduce crime.

Supports "stronger fentanyl policies and training for law enforcement."

Supports "[s]tronger fentanyl policies and training for law enforcement."

Supports legislation that fights human trafficking.

Supports increased protections and resources for survivors of domestic violence.

Supports closing the "gun show loophole" and mandating background checks for all gun purchases to prevent violent criminals from accessing guns.

Supports closing the "gun show loophole" and mandating background checks for all gun purchases.

- Supports increasing community service for nonviolent offenders, arguing that it is more cost-effective than incarceration and helps repair community damage.
- Supports drug rehabilitation programs to reduce crime.
- Supports "[s]tronger fentanyl policies and training for law enforcement."
- Supports legislation that fights human trafficking.
- Supports increased protections and resources for survivors of domestic violence.
- Supports closing the "gun show loophole" and mandating background checks for all gun purchases.
- Supports "stronger fentanyl policies and training for law enforcement."

Public Safety

Supports access to mental health care and drug rehabilitation programs.

Supports insurance coverage for reproductive health care and additional federal funding for fertility-related research and treatments.

Supports insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments.

Supports reducing the maternal mortality rate and providing additional aid for new mothers, including "baby boxes" for every new birth.

Supports reducing the maternal mortality rate and providing additional aid for new mothers.

Supports access to contraception and abortion, and believes federal law should protect access to abortion in cases of incest, rape, or to protect the mother's health.

Supports access to contraception and abortion.

- Supports the expansion of Medicaid.
- Supports access to mental health care and drug rehabilitation programs.
- Supports insurance coverage for reproductive health care and additional federal funding for fertility-related research and treatments.
- Supports insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments.
- Supports reducing the maternal mortality rate and providing additional aid for new mothers.
- Supports access to contraception and abortion.

Healthcare

Supports increased funding for public schools, including teacher pay raises, school supplies, facility repairs, and arts funding.

Supports families' rights to homeschool and advocates for balancing oversight, like yearly testing, with parental freedom in creating curricula.

Supports including trade programs in high school to ensure that young people can access a free education that prepares them for their future.

Supports including trade programs in high school.

Supports reducing tuition costs and addressing student debt.

- Supports increased funding for public schools, including teacher pay raises, school supplies, facility repairs, and arts funding.
- Supports families' rights to homeschool and advocates for balancing oversight, like yearly testing, with parental freedom in creating curricula.
- Supports including trade programs in high school.
- Supports reducing tuition costs and addressing student debt.

Education

As of January 2, 2026, Colby Watson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports reducing bureaucratic hurdles for veterans to access their entitled benefits.

Supports recognizing a Palestinian state and believes the U.S. should stop funding Israel.

- Supports ending the war in Ukraine.
- Supports reducing bureaucratic hurdles for veterans to access their entitled benefits.
- Supports recognizing a Palestinian state and believes the U.S. should stop funding Israel.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports reducing or eliminating "dark money" in politics.

Supports reducing or eliminating the influence of money in politics.

Supports banning gerrymandering at the federal level.

Supports banning gerrymandering, the practice of drawing voting districts in a way that gives one political party or candidate an advantage over others, at the federal level.

- Supports reducing or eliminating the influence of money in politics.
- Supports banning gerrymandering, the practice of drawing voting districts in a way that gives one political party or candidate an advantage over others, at the federal level.

Voting & Elections

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Colby Watson

- Your U.S. representative represents the interests of your district in the U.S. House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. North Carolina currently has 14 U.S. representatives.
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- Representatives are elected to two-year terms and there are no term limits. U.S. representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.
-  Representatives must be at least 25 years old, a United States citizen for seven years, and an inhabitant of the state from which he or she is elected. 