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Kyle Hawkins

Kyle Hawkins

Republican Incumbent

Candidate for Texas Supreme Court, Justice Place 7

About

Has served as Texas Supreme Court Justice, Place 7, since October 2025. Served as Texas Solicitor General (2018–2021) under Attorney General Ken Paxton and earlier as an Assistant Solicitor General, and as Counselor to the U.S. Solicitor General. Clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
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Conservative Endorsements

Candidate Videos

Challenging the Affordable Care Act Before U.S. Supreme Ct.
Excluding Abortion Providers From Medicare Before U.S. Supreme Ct.

Notable Quote

“The Court’s work demands humility, diligence, and a commitment to applying the law as written. I approach this responsibility with the same respect for our Constitution and the rule of law that has guided my entire career.”

Positions on Texas Eagle Forum Legislative Priorities

Border Security & Immigration
  • STATED THAT DACA IS UNLAWFUL "for the same reason that DAPA was unlawful, according to the fifth circuit” and that the program “confers on someone a status Congress would otherwise deny.”[1]
Secure Our Elections
  • TESTIFIED BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE that the Obama DOJ abused the preclearance process to thwart Texas voter ID law not because it was unconstitutional, but because the Department of Justice "deemed it unnecessary” (2019).[1]
  • GOVERNOR ABBOTT STATED THAT, as Texas Solicitor General, Hawkins litigated cases “defending Texas’ election integrity measures.”[1]
Protect Life
  • ARGUED BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT STATES CAN EXCLUDE ABORTION PROVIDERS FROM MEDICARE and that Medicaid beneficiaries lack a private right of action to challenge a state’s exclusion of abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, from Medicaid (2025).[1][2]
Other Constitutional Issues
  • ARGUED BEFORE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT THAT OBAMACARE SHOULD BE DECLARED INVALID as it unconstitutionally exceeds Congress’s enumerated powers.[1]
  • DEFENDED THE SECOND AMENDMENT in a video explaining the Office of the Attorney General’s multistate effort urging U.S. Supreme Court review of a California law alleged to infringe Second Amendment rights (2019).[1]

Notes from Local Researchers

  • Provides a great overview of the Texas Constitution on his X account @JusticeKHawkins.[1]