DALLAS (AP) – Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk has been hospitalized at an Arizona clinic since mid-June, the third time she has sought inpatient treatment for depression since taking office in January 2015.
The Dallas Morning News reports that even though Hawk has reported for work at her courthouse office just 66 days this year, her second-in-command, Messina Madson, says the Republican has “no plans to resign” and “does plan to return.”
However, it’s unclear when Hawk will return and Madson, who’s running the DA’s office in her absence, declined to discuss Hawk’s mental state or the treatment she is receiving at the Sierra Tucson clinic.
If she were to resign before Aug. 26, voters would choose her successor in November. If she resigns later, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott would choose.
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