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Podcast: WTAW - Interviews
Episode: Brazos County District Judge Kyle Hawthorne will not seek re-election next year and someone announces their candidacy
Description: This podcast is a visit with Brazos County 85th district court judge Kyle Hawthorne and WTAW's Bill Oliver.Brazos County district court's administrative judge is retiring. 85th district court judge Kyle Hawthorne is not running for re-election in 2026.Hawthorne tells WTAW News he was trying to "sneak out as quietly as possible", adding after he and his family made the decision he told his staff and the other Brazos County judges he "left it at that, for it to spread as it normally would in courthouse gossip."Hawthorne was first elected in 2014 a...