Democrat Rep. Lloyd Doggett announced Wednesday he will not seek reelection if Texas’ new congressional maps are allowed to stand, avoiding a potentially messy fight against Rep. Gregorio Casar, also a Democrat.

The new Texas maps, which are designed to give Republicans an additional five seats in Congress, puts the 36-year-old Casar into the 37th Congressional District occupied by the 78-year-old Doggett.

“With approval of the crooked [President Donald] Trump maps imminent, the future of redistricting turns next to the courts,” Doggett said. “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. Most of Congressman Casar’s current CD35 is not located in Austin.”

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