Título: J. C. Watts
Seção: Reelection and successive terms
Background: Julius Caesar Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District. Watts was born and raised in Eufaula, Oklahoma, in a rural impoverished neighborhood. After being one of the first children to attend an integrated elementary school, he became a high school quarterback and gained a football scholarship to the University of Oklahoma.

Conteúdo: Watts' 1996 reelection campaign featured state representative Ed Crocker as the Democratic candidate in a negative campaign. Crocker questioned Watts' business dealings because of tax issues for a real estate company of which Watts was the principal owner, and whether he was paying child support for one of his daughters born out of wedlock. Crocker suggested Watts might use drugs or sanction their use because he declined to participate in a voluntary drug screening in the House of Representatives. Watts denied the charge, took the test, and accused Cocker of draft dodging during the Vietnam War and later living at the "center of the West Coast drug culture." Watts was given a featured speaking role at the 1996 Republican National Convention and was re-elected with 58 percent of the vote in the 1996 U.S. House election.  Following the election, Watts switched from the Financial Services Committee to the House Transportation Committee. He was the only African-American Republican in the House and was chosen to deliver the Republican reply to President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address in February 1997, the youngest congressman and first African-American to do so. In his response, Watts focused on providing a positive vision of the Republican Party and advocated deficit and tax reduction and faith-based values. Watts had previously spoken to The Washington Times and created controversy by criticizing "race-hustling poverty pimps" as keeping African-Americans dependent on 

user: What happened major during the reelection?

assistant: campaign. Crocker questioned Watts' business dealings because of tax issues for a real estate company of which Watts was the principal owner,

user: Did this bring about any controversy?

assistant: and whether he was paying child support for one of his daughters born out of wedlock. Crocker suggested Watts might use drugs

user: Was it ever found out that he was using drugs?

assistant: Watts denied the charge, took the test, and accused Cocker of draft dodging during the Vietnam War

user: What happened after that?

assistant: Watts was given a featured speaking role at the 1996 Republican National Convention and was re-elected with 58 percent of the vote in the 1996 U.S. House election.

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Following the election, Watts switched from the Financial Services Committee to the House Transportation Committee.

user: Did he do anything else during that time?

assistant: Committee. He was the only African-American Republican in the House and was chosen to deliver the Republican reply to President Bill Clinton's State