Welcome to the new new 35th, the congressional district drawn to give Latino voters the power to elect the U.S. representative of their choosing – where Congressman Lloyd Doggett became the presumptive odds-on favorite Tuesday when federal judges in San Antonio released another set of interim redistricting maps.
Doggett is once again without firm footing in what had been his Austin-centric District 25. The new maps carve up Travis County's representation on Capitol Hill five ways, just as Republican lawmakers envisioned in their original redistricting scheme, the subject of a federal lawsuit brought by Democratic and civil-rights groups. As a result, Doggett likely will return to District 35, where he'd previously jousted with State Representative Joaquín Castro.
Doggett – whom, we should note … is not a Latino – said as much in a written statement released Tuesday afternoon:
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