Texas, Casar and Doggett
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Lloyd Doggett's team says Greg Casar should shift his sights to a neighboring seat that will favor Republicans and does not include Austin.
Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who has served in Congress for 30 years, announced he is prepared to retire rather than campaign against fellow Democ
The Texas Senate on Saturday approved new congressional maps drawn to help Republicans win as many as five more House seats in next year’s midterm elections.
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) is headed toward a primary battle with Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) after deciding he will campaign to represent a different House district if the one he represents is redrawn. Texas’s 35th Congressional District,
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The Texas Tribune on MSNCasar, Doggett would run for same Austin congressional seat under GOP map, setting up clash of generations
The contest would unearth brewing Democratic tensions over age and experience, forcing Austin politicos to choose between two well-liked progressives.
The 78-year-old Democrat is eschewing a possible member-on-member primary but did not indicate whether he will retire from Congress.
It would require FEMA to reinstate employees fired by the Trump administration and reinstate a federal flood mitigation assistance program.