AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Many political pundits saw a potential primary between U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and U.S. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, as a key part of the proposed partisan redrawing of Texas' U.S. Congressional map — a map President Donald Trump said he hopes give Republicans five new seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Doggett disagrees with their assessment.

"Some reports have been a bit misleading in indicating that Austin's two congressional districts have been combined," Doggett wrote in a 'save the date' email acquired by Punchbowl News reporter Ally Mutnick. "Less than 1/3 of the residents of my reconfigured CD37 are currently in CD35, represented by Greg Casar, to the East of I35. And these are mostly individuals whom I represented 2 1/2 years ago when I was the Congr

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