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James Talarico

The Public Record

James Talarico is a Democratic Texas state representative and former middle-school teacher from Round Rock. He was first sworn into the Texas House in November 2018, representing District 52 before moving to District 50 in January 2023. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University and taught sixth-grade language arts in San Antonio. His legislative work has focused on public education, child care, student mental health and prescription-drug affordability, including legislation capping insulin copays. He has also studied at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Sep 10, 2026

Texans are tired of this professional wrestling in our politics, and they want a serious senator who's going to bring both parties together to lower costs and get this economy back on track.

cbsnews.com
Sep 10, 2026

I am confident that Democrats, independents and Republicans are going to reject Ken Paxton because we don't want a criminal representing us in the halls of power in Washington.

cbsnews.com
Sep 10, 2026

When you look at this ad, they are using AI in order to mislead the people of this state, and that is completely consistent with a liar like Ken Paxton.

cbsnews.com
Sep 9, 2026

I have seen how Christianity has been perverted in this country over the last 50 years by the religious right.

dailycaller.com
Sep 9, 2026

I recognize that I’m a white boy from Round Rock, and I’ve got blind spots. And it’s why we are building a campaign team that looks like Texas. And I’m proud to say that the senior staff… is majority minority and majority women.

dailycaller.com
Sep 8, 2026

That’s what I’m focused on, is solutions to bring down those costs, take on corruption, and make this government and this economy work for all of us again.

huffpost.com
Sep 8, 2026

I’m running for office to serve the people of Texas, to make people’s lives easier and better and less stressful.

huffpost.com
Sep 8, 2026

These nicknames don’t lower the price of groceries.

huffpost.com
Sep 8, 2026

There’s a new forever war in Iran.

huffpost.com
Sep 8, 2026

But just a year into this administration, prices are up because of these crazy tariffs.

huffpost.com
Sep 8, 2026

I think a lot of people in our state voted for President Trump in the last election because they thought he was gonna lower prices.

huffpost.com
Sep 7, 2026

We’ll be doing something different. We’re bringing Republicans, Democrats and independents together to collect groceries for our neighbors who have been screwed over by corrupt politicians.

foxnews.com
Sep 7, 2026

Next week, billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians will gather at a convention in Dallas to clink champagne glasses and toast their own corruption.

foxnews.com
Sep 4, 2026

Flock cameras have no place in Texas.

abcnews.com
Aug 31, 2026

I want to focus on a single, easily digested story that reveals how immoral and greedy Paxton is.

salon.com
Aug 31, 2026

And that is what we’re called to do, whether you’re religious or not, is ensure that our neighbors have the care that they need. And that is going to be the end result of this plan.

huffpost.com
Aug 31, 2026

It is insane that one company can literally control the hospital where you pay to get care, the pharmacy where you pay for your medications, and the insurance company that decides how much you pay.

huffpost.com
Aug 31, 2026

The first two lines of the Bible, the first two lines in Genesis, use two different Hebrew words to describe God. One is the masculine Hebrew noun for divinity. The second is the feminine Hebrew noun for spirit. God is both masculine and…

foxnews.com
Aug 31, 2026

The most powerful people in this county, the most powerful people in this country, don’t want us to be able vote easily.

abcnews.com
Aug 17, 2026

All I'm asking is that for Christians who are pro-choice and who respect the bodily autonomy of women, that we be given the space to make our theological argument, because I think there is a lot of biblical evidence to support that opinion.

reason.com
Aug 17, 2026

To me, that is an affirmation in one of our most central stories that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create.

reason.com
Aug 17, 2026

It's time to start flipping tables.

reason.com
Aug 15, 2026

This is why he was impeached by his fellow Republicans. That’s why he was indicted for fraud and defrauding investors.

commondreams.org
Aug 15, 2026

Vote for James Talarico. He won't steal your pen.

commondreams.org
Aug 15, 2026

He has taken bribes from wealthy donors and then turned around and blocked overtime pay for Texas workers and gutted our healthcare.

commondreams.org

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