From the Daily Caller: Longtime Democratic Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced Aug. 21 that he will not seek reelection in the state’s redrawn 37th congressional district following the GOP’s mid-decade redistricting push.
Doggett, 78, had said in a statement that he will not seek reelection after serving three decades in Congress if courts uphold Texas’ new Republican-favoring congressional map. Doggett’s announcement comes after he insisted for weeks that he intended to run in the redrawn 37th congressional district despite potentially facing a primary challenger in fellow Democratic Texas Rep. Greg Casar.
“I think in the last two weeks Lloyd Doggett thought that some of the folks who would be with him money, marbles, and chalk … were, in fact, with Greg, and that gave him great pause as to what his chances were,” Mark Littlefield, an Austin-based political strategist, told Politico on Monday.
Doggett told PBS News in an interview published Monday that not seeking reelection was a “tough decision” for him.
Casar, 36, an immigrant rights activist, is the current chair of the far-left Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and is considered to be a ‘rising star’ in his party. Other CPC members include progressive ‘Squad’ reps Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
Casar currently represents the 35th District, a seat which he just won in November 2022. Meanwhile, Doggett represents the 37th District, and has served in Congress for 30 years, since 1995.
The Republican redistricting effort combined parts of both districts, and the newly-drawn 37th District includes about 2/3 of the area Doggett has represented.
Casar announced he is now running for re-election for the 37th District, so Doggett is bowing out and handing it over to the younger progressive congressman.
Trump and Abbott just rammed through maps designed to kick people like me out of office.
They don’t want me in Congress because they don’t want us to be heard.
But we’re not going anywhere.
Today I’m launching my campaign for reelection in the city I love. #TX37 pic.twitter.com/PQ0ox7f0mY
— Greg Casar (@GregCasar) August 25, 2025
The progressive “Working Families Party” has endorsed Casar.
We’re endorsing @GregCasar for Congress.
Trump and the billionaires in his corner are screwing over working people. We’re defending the champions they’re trying to take out.
Greg has spent his life fighting for working people, and he’s leading the charge against Trump. pic.twitter.com/hvJ6ITPe1w
— Working Families Party 🐺 (@WorkingFamilies) August 25, 2025
Texas Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett has announced he will not seek reelection if Republicans’ new congressional map becomes the law of the land in the Lone Star State. https://t.co/JHE3vcqdv8
— The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) August 24, 2025
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