TX-37 Democratic nominee?
Primary Election
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Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
Age37 years old (May 4, 1989)
GenderMale
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LocationTexas
BackgroundU.S. Representative
EducationUniversity of Virginia (B.A.)
Notable personal detailsGregorio Eduardo Casar is a U.S. Representative from Texas, first sworn into office in January 2023 after previously serving on the Austin City Council (District 4) from 2015 to 2022. He has worked as a labor and community organizer and served as policy director at the Workers Defense Project. He earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and has been elected Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus beginning January 2025.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports increasing taxes on large corporations and the wealthy, closing corporate tax loopholes, and opposing major Republican tax-cut proposals that reduce funding for social programs. Advocates stronger enforcement against corporate tax dodging and for federal investments to support working families and services.
Healthcare
Greg Casar supports Medicare for All and describes health care as a right. He is a co‑sponsor of the Medicare for All Act and supports strengthening Medicare and Medicaid while opposing funding cuts to those programs.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate supports expanding humanitarian and legal responses to migration, opposes restrictive asylum measures like Title 42, and has sponsored/led congressional initiatives calling for more humane, multilateral approaches to migration rather than expanded punitive enforcement. He has also worked to block diversion of federal funds to aggressive state-level enforcement efforts and criticized aggressive ICE actions in immigration courts.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports protecting and expanding access to abortion care, including passage of federal protections (such as the Women’s Health Protection Act) and defending medication abortion access; opposes restrictive state bans and has taken actions to fund/logistically support abortion access.
Climate & Energy
Supports ambitious federal action to address the climate crisis, including legislation to modernize and connect the grid to enable large-scale clean energy deployment and policies to transition fossil-fuel workers into clean-energy jobs. Advocates for major clean-energy investment and systemic measures consistent with Green New Deal–style goals.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports banning assault weapons, expanding background checks, and creating a federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention; frames gun violence as a national emergency and calls for stronger gun safety laws to keep weapons of war off the streets and out of schools.
Fundraising
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