COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Nearly three months after the announcement that he would be seeking re-election to the Texas House, Rep. Kyle Kacal has announced that he will not be seeking another term.
Initially elected to the Texas House in 2012, Kacal has represented District 12, which encompasses multiple counties in the Brazos Valley, including Grimes, Madison, Washington, Walker, and Brazos Counties. He is also a graduate of Texas A&M, and has significant experience in ranch management.
During the most recent legislative session, he served as Vice-Chairman of the House Corrections Committee as well as the Natural Resources Committee.
Kacal's statement and thoughts on his decision can be found below.
"Over the past decade, I have been honored to represent our part of Texas in the state House of Representatives. These have proven the most conservative and productive legislative sessions in Texas history. They didn’t come about by accident, and they certainly weren’t the result of pandering, grandstanding, or stoking divisions within the Republican Party. Instead, they have been the direct result of serious conservatives coming together to govern like responsible adults, which is increasingly rare in politics today.
Texas has become the envy of the nation—creating jobs while blue states lose them, reducing taxes while blue states raise them, and protecting individual freedoms while blue states restrict them. I am incredibly proud of the part that I played in this success story, but now it’s time to return home to tend to my family and my business. I am ready to pass the torch to someone else who will help write the next chapter of our great Texas story.
To every one of my constituents, I want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you in Austin. It has been one of the true privileges of my life. While I do not know what the future has in store for me, as long as I am able, I plan to continue being engaged in public policy, working to find positive solutions to the challenges we face.
God bless Texas."
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