Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) said Thursday that if the courts approve the Republican congressional maps in Texas, he will not seek reelection in the redrawn 37th Congressional District. “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 [two-thirds] of my current constituents,” Doggett said in a statement.
The proposed map, which gives Texas Republicans five congressional seats, draws Doggett and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) into the same Austin-area district. A matchup would have pitted the 78-year-old Doggett, who was the first House Democrat to call on former President Biden to drop his presidential bid last year, against the 36-year-old Casar, who chairs the Congre