Progressive firebrand and Austin City Council Member Greg Casar is likely to run for Congress in Texas’s 35th District, he told the Texas Observer in an interview.
“It’s very likely that I’m running,” says Casar, who has formed an exploratory committee to examine a run for the district that runs from Austin to San Antonio. “The maps haven’t been signed into law yet, but shortly after they are, I will make things much more official.”
The seat is currently held by Congressman Lloyd Doggett, an Austin Democrat who was first elected in the 1990s. However, Doggett announced Monday afternoon that he will be running in Austin’s new 37th congressional district, which Republicans drew as part of their redistricting plans and covers a swath of Austin west of I-35. That means that the predominantly Hispanic district is now up for grabs.
