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Candidates make cases for Hamilton County Circuit Court judgeship in public forum

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With early voting just around the corner, two attorneys made their cases Monday for why they should be elected Hamilton County Circuit Court judge.

“I would ask you to look at the fact that the governor did appoint me,” Kyle Hedrick said. “This is not just some willy-nilly decision in order to fill a stopgap.”

photo Circuit Court candidate Catherine “Cate” White speaks at the Pachyderm Club on Monday.
photo Circuit Court Judge Kyle Hedrick speaks at the Pachyderm Club on Monday.

“I am trying to reach the people, the voters,” Catherine “Cate” White said. “I want to be their judge, the people’s choice, as opposed to someone selected for them.”

County voters can decide for themselves between April 11-26, when early voting begins for the race. The primary voting day is May 1.

Hedrick and White, both Republicans, had about 15 minutes apiece to make their cases to members of the Pachyderm Club, a local group for GOP politics.