While I do refer to Congressman Lloyd Doggett as an old fart, I feel comfortable doing that as he and I are about the same age, and his being the first congressman to push for President Biden to step down because of age indicates to me that what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Initially, Doggett had suggested that he would not step down and that Casar should run in the Republican leaning district.
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander” is an idiom that means if something is fair or acceptable for one person, it should be fair and acceptable for another as well, particularly when highlighting double standards. The phrase originates from the earlier saying “What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander” and uses the female goose (goose) and the male goose (gander) to illustrate that rules or benefits should apply equally to all.
Doggett indicates that he won’t run if the new Trump districts are upheld.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett, the dean of Texas’ congressional delegation, announced Thursday he would not run for reelection to his Austin-based seat if a new Republican-drawn map is in effect for the 2026 midterms.
Doggett, 78, has represented his hometown of Austin for over 50 years, in both the Legislature and Congress. First elected to Congress in 1994 — the last year Democrats won a statewide race in Texas — he survived numerous Republican redistricting efforts throughout his tenure as the number of Texas Democrats in Congress dwindled.
In announcing his decision, Doggett is ceding his newly drawn 37th Congressional District, a deep-blue district that encompasses much of Austin, to Rep. Greg Casar. Casar, 36, currently represents the 35th Congressional District, which runs from Austin to San Antonio but is on the verge of being redrawn by Republicans to contain less than 10% of Casar’s current constituency.
Texas Republicans pursued the mid-decade redistricting at the behest of President Donald Trump, crafting new district lines aimed at yielding five more GOP seats in Texas in the 2026 midterms. To do so, Republicans packed as many Democrats into one Austin seat as possible, rather than leaving the city split into two blue districts. Source