Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D) has announced that he will not seek reelection in wake of the Supreme Court’s decision upholding the state’s new district map. 

“I will continue working with the same urgency and determination as if next year were my last, which in public office it will be,” Doggett said in a Friday press release announcing his retirement. “After that, I will seek new ways to join my neighbors in making a difference in the only town I have ever called home.”

Texas GOP lawmakers began pushing for a new Congressional map earlier this year that would change district boundaries within the state to favor Republican candidates and reduce the number of Democrat-held House seats. 

Democratic Texas lawmakers originally fled the state to prevent the Texas legislature from having the quorum needed to pass its redistricting measure. 

After assurances from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democrats that they would pursue redistricting in their own states to favor Democratic candidates and offset GOP House gains under Texas’s new map, they returned to Texas and the map was able to be passed into law. 

A panel of federal judges ruled in November that the new map was likely a racial gerrymander, blocking the state from using it. The case made its way to the Supreme Court, which issued an administrative stay in the case shortly after the ruling. 

The Court ruled Thursday that Texas could use its new map, paving the way for its use in next year’s midterm elections. 

Doggett has served as a House representative since 1995. In his Friday press release, he praised Justice Elena Kagan’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s decision on his state’s redistricting. 

“Trump’s racial gerrymandering is only his first major shenanigan designed to win next year’s election and retain a House that poses no restraint to his dangerous whims and incessant drive for unlimited power,” he said. “More outrageous schemes will follow.”

“I will continue doing my part to vigorously fight back and to help others here and across the country,” he continued.

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