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Greg Casar

U.S. House · TX-35 · Democrats · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Greg Casar is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas's 35th congressional district, serving since 2023. He is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the Squad, a group of the furthest-left members of the House Democratic Caucus. Before Congress, Casar served on the Austin City Council from 2015 to 2022, representing the city's most diverse district.

Career

As an Austin City Council member, Casar led efforts to establish living wage requirements for city employees and contractors, implement paid sick leave city-wide, ban the box for fair-chance hiring, eliminate juvenile curfew penalties, and reduce police department budgets while increasing funding for mental health and homelessness programs. He advocated for affordable housing through a $250 million bond and "Affordability Unlocked" zoning reforms. He also organized against illegal immigration enforcement and supported tenant cooperative ownership of mobile home parks.

Prior political experience

Casar was elected to the Austin City Council in 2014 after finishing first in the initial election and winning a runoff against Laura Pressley. He was reelected to the council in 2016 and 2020. In 2022, he won the Democratic primary for Texas's 35th congressional district with approximately 60% of the vote, receiving endorsements from Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In the general election, he defeated Republican Dan McQueen with 73% of the vote. In August 2025, he announced he would seek reelection in the newly-drawn 37th district instead of his current 35th district.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

Liberal
Conservative
119th Congress-0.423

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

−1
+1
-0.868
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 273 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
2ndU.S. House TX-352025–presentIn progressGreg Casar—
1stU.S. House TX-352023–2025Term endedLloyd DoggettGreg Casar

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term5

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
2024U.S. House TX-35Pending67.36%