Notorious Democrat Rep. Likely Headed For Defeat In ’26 After New Development
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on July 30, 2025
By Mark Steffen
A vocal member of the ultra-left “Squad” is in danger of losing his U.S. House seat in next year’s elections thanks to redistricting efforts taking place in the Texas state legislature this week.
Democratic Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is being drawn out of his district as part of a GOP-led overhaul of Texas’ congressional districts, according to a map released by state Republicans on Wednesday. The change would see new borders almost certainly deliver House Republicans five more seats that President Donald Trump won by 10 points or more in the 2024 election, padding their chances of keeping a majority after the midterms.
Casar, 36, first won his seat in the 2022 midterms with the backing of progressive icons like U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and fellow Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). He received 73% of the vote over his Republican opponent that year.
His district, the state’s 35th, snakes between San Antonio and Austin, a blue strip of east Texas that previously belonged to Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) before the 2020 redistricting.
Conservatives are salivating at the chance to knock out Casar and other Democratic gadflies like Rep. Al Green (D-TX), the 77-year-old lawmaker who was thrown out of the chamber during President Trump’s speech in March. His 9th District would be dismantled as part of the redistricting process.
Although Casar is not as nationally well-known as other Squad members, the Texas Democrat has reliably sided with his liberal colleagues, introducing or voting for measures to defund the police as well as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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