A longtime Democratic House lawmaker from Texas said Thursday he won't run for another term if a Republican redistricting plan pushed by President Trump stands as law in the state.

The announcement from 78-year-old Rep. Lloyd Doggett, who has served in Congress since 1995, means Texas Democrats appear to have avoided a potentially messy congressional primary between Doggett and 36-year-old Rep. Greg Casar.

The new congressional lines that Republicans are attempting to pass in Texas created a situation where Doggett, who represents Texas' 37th congressional district, and Casar, who represents the 35th congressional district, would likely have had to run against each other on the Democratic side in the 37th district due to new boundaries reshaping Casar's current seat into one favora

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