Here are the top House Democrats at risk from GOP redistricting
House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up.
Texas Republicans’ proposed redraw, a President Trump-backed plan that could net the party five more House seats, has led to other red states moving forward with their own redistricting plans.
Florida, Indiana and Missouri are among the Republican-led states now weighing whether to redo their congressional maps — putting a number of Democratic incumbents at risk.
Here are the House Democrats most likely to be targeted across the country:
Greg Casar, Texas 35th
Republicans already control 25 of the 38 congressional seats in Texas, but the proposed changes could give them a 30-8 edge by slashing Democratic-controlled seats in Houston, Dallas and Austin-San Antonio.
One of the biggest proposed changes affects Rep. Greg Casar’s (D-Texas) 35th Congressional District, which went to former Vice President Harris by 33 points in November. The map would create a new 10 Trump district outside of San Antonio, according to analysis from Cook Political Report.
Casar has called the would-be destruction of his district “illegal voter suppression of Black and Latino Central Texans.”
Lloyd Doggett, Texas 37th
The Austin base of Casar’s current district would be pushed into the 37th Congressional District, now held by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).
The changes could set up a potential primary matchup between Casar and Doggett, who has accused Trump of “taking a hatchet to chop up Austin and our state with the sole objective of maintaining his one-man rule.”
Julie Johnson, Texas 32nd
The Texas plan would reshape the 32nd Congressional District, currently based in Dallas and held by Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas). By stretching the district into East Texas, it would become a 18 Trump seat, according to the Cook Political Report.
Johnson has been among the voices heralding Texas state House Democrats for fleeing the state to break quorum and stall “a rigged map.”
Marc Veasey, Texas 33rd
Rep. Marc Veasey’s would see his 33rd Congressional District likely remain blue, but the longtime lawmaker would probably lose his hometown and political base in the redrawing.
This could create a primary between Veasey and Johnson as the latter’s seat is reshaped, analysis from the Texas Tribune suggests, if they both decide to try and stay in the House.
Henry Cuellar, Texas 28th
Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) seat in Texas’s 28th Congressional District would........
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