While longtime Rep. Lloyd Doggett previously urged fellow Democrat Greg Casar not to run in the newly drawn 37th district, the 78-year-old lawmaker announced last week he would not be running in

Doggett has represented his hometown of Austin for over 50 years, in both the Legislature and Congress, surviving numerous Republican redistricting efforts to target his seat.

The 78-year-old Democrat is eschewing a possible member-on-member primary, but did not indicate whether he will retire from Congress.