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AUSTIN, Texas - Longtime Congressman Lloyd Doggett said he will not seek reelection if the new congressional maps are put into effect.

Doggett, from Austin, would have faced fellow Democrat Greg Casar due to the new districts.

Rep. Lloyd Doggett's statement

"With approval of the crooked Trump maps imminent, the future of redistricting turns next to the courts. If this racially gerrymandered Trump map is rejected, as it should be, I will continue seeking reelection in Congressional District 37 to represent my neighbors in the only town I have ever called home.

If the courts give Trump a victory in his scheme to maintain control of a compliant House, I will not seek reelection in the reconfigured CD37, even though it contains over 2/3rd of my current constituents. Most of Cong

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