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James Talarico

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James Talarico
Talarico in 2025
Member of the Texas House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 19, 2018
Preceded byLarry Gonzales
Constituency52nd district (2018–2023)
50th district (2023–present)
Personal details
BornJames Dell Causey
May 17, 1989 (age 36)
Round Rock, Texas, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Education
Signature
WebsiteOffice website
Campaign website

James Dell Talarico (/ˌtæləˈriːkoʊ/ TAL-uh-REE-koh; né Causey, May 17, 1989) is an American politician, Presbyterian seminarian, and former public school teacher who has served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives since 2018.[1] A member of the Democratic Party, Talarico has been called a "rising star" among Texas Democrats.[2][3][4]

Born in Round Rock, Texas, Talarico graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts in government. He later joined Teach For America, where he taught sixth-grade English language arts in San Antonio. Afterward, he served as the Central Texas executive director for Reasoning Mind, a nonprofit focused on bringing technology to low-income classrooms. He later graduated from Harvard University with a Master of Education degree in education policy.

In the legislature, Talarico serves as vice chair of the Texas House's Trade, Workforce, and Economic Development Committee and of the Subcommittee on Academic and Career-Oriented Education of the Public Education Committee. He is also a member of the Public Education and House Administration Committees.

In September 2025, Talarico announced his candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate race in Texas,[5][6] winning the Democratic nomination after defeating Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. He is expected to face either Ken Paxton or John Cornyn in the general election.[7]

Early life and education

James Talarico was born in Round Rock, Texas, to Tamara Causey, a single mother.[3] He and his sister were later adopted by Mark Talarico. He attended Round Rock ISD schools and graduated from McNeil High School in Williamson County, Texas. At McNeil, he competed in speech and debate. He also acted in school theater, once playing Danny Zuko in Grease.[8]

Talarico's grandfather was a Baptist preacher in South Texas who Talarico says taught him that Christianity "is a simple—though not easy—religion, rooted in two commandments: 'love God and love your neighbor.'"[2]

Talarico earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin,[9] where he organized students for tuition relief.[10] He later earned a Master of Education degree in education policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.[11]

While a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Talarico earned his Master of Divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.[12][3][13]

Career

Talarico teaching middle schoolers in 2013

In 2011, Talarico joined Teach For America, teaching sixth-grade English language arts at Rhodes Middle School on the west side of San Antonio.[14][15] After two years of teaching, he became the Central Texas executive director for Reasoning Mind, a Texas nonprofit focusing on bringing technology to low-income classrooms.[16]

Texas House of Representatives

During his four terms in the Republican-controlled legislature, Talarico was the lead sponsor of multiple bills, 16 of which became law, including eight related to education, childcare, or youth workforce development.[17]

Committee assignments

  • Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development (Vice Chair)[18]
  • Committee on Public Education[19]
    • Subcommittee on Academic & Career-Oriented Education (Vice Chair)[20]
  • Committee on House Administration[21]

2018–2019

Talarico launched his campaign for the Texas House shortly after incumbent state legislator Larry Gonzales chose not to run for reelection. At age 28, Talarico won both the special and general elections against Republican nominee Cynthia Flores,[22]garnering media attention for walking the full length of the district.[23]

Talarico was sworn into the Texas House of Representatives on November 20, 2018. He was appointed to the Public Education and Juvenile Justice Committees. During the 2019 session he was the Texas Legislature's youngest member.[24]

In the 86th Texas Legislature, Talarico filed the Whole Student Agenda,[14] a legislative package with bills addressing public education policy. Two bills from this list were passed by the legislature: HB 3012, which required students who were suspended from school have an alternative means of receiving coursework,[25] and HB 455, which would standardize a model recess policy. Governor Abbott vetoed HB 455.[26]

2020–2021

Talarico was reelected, defeating former Hutto City Councilmember Lucio Valdez with 51.5% of the vote.[27] For the 87th Legislative Session, he was reappointed to the Public Education and Juvenile Justice Committees and appointed to the Calendars Committee.[28]

During the 87th legislative session, Talarico filed HB 54, also known as Javier Ambler's Law, and the legislature passed it. It prohibits state law enforcement agencies, except game wardens, from entering into contracts with reality TV shows that film them in the line of duty.[29] This was in response to the role Live PD is alleged to have played in the killing of Javier Ambler by Williamson County, Texas police. Talarico had previously criticized Sheriff Robert Chody's handling of the incident, calling for his resignation.[30]

Talarico was the primary author of HB 30, which provided a path for minors in the criminal justice system who have been adjudicated as adults or who are eligible under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to earn a high school diploma instead of pursuing a high school equivalency.[31]

Talarico was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during a five-day stint in the ICU after a 2018 campaign event where he walked 25 miles (40 km) across his district. After his diagnosis, he paid $684 for his first 30-day supply of insulin. Talarico later helped pass House Bill 82, capping insulin costs at $25 per month.[32][33][34]

In the summer of 2021, Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives, including Talarico, organized a quorum-break in an attempt to stop the passage of legislation they saw as restricting voting rights.[35] They flew to Washington, D.C., to lobby the Senate to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For the People Act, which would have superseded parts of the state legislation.[36] Talarico was one of the first Democrats to return to Texas as the quorum break progressed, arguing that the effort had achieved its goals, that Democrats needed to reduce the harm of Republican legislation, and that an indefinite quorum break was unsustainable.[37][38][39] Some representatives who remained in D.C. strongly criticized him for this.[40][41] Quorum was eventually reestablished and the legislation passed.[42]

At the end of the legislative session, Texas Monthly magazine named Talarico one of the Top 10 Best Legislators.[43]

2022–2023

After his district was made significantly more Republican during the 2020 redistricting process, Talarico announced that he would run in neighboring House District 50, a safe Democratic seat being vacated by Celia Israel.[44][45][46] His previous district was a swing district.[47] Talarico won the primary election with 78.5% of the vote and the general election with 76.8%.[48]

During the 88th legislative session, Talarico was the primary author of House Bill 25, which would create the Texas Wholesale Prescription Drug Importation Program and allow Texas to import lower-cost Canadian medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.[49]

Talarico was an outspoken critic of legislation that would have required the display of the Ten Commandments in all elementary and secondary classrooms, on the constitutional grounds of separation of church and state. He called the measure "un-American" and "un-Christian".[50] The bill was not signed into law.[51]

2024–2025

Talarico defeated Nathan Boynton in the Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election.[52][53]

In 2025, Talarico continued to be a major voice in opposition to placing the Ten Commandments in Texas public schools. The specific legislation, SB 10, required every classroom to visibly display a poster containing the Ten Commandments, sized at least 16 by 20 inches. When the bill was first brought to the floor of the Texas House, Talarico called a point of order that delayed its passage.[54] The bill ultimately passed the legislature, but videos of his remarks against it went viral and led to an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience.[55][13]

During the legislative debate over private school vouchers, Talarico, who opposed the legislation, attempted to amend the bill to have a statewide referendum determine whether the program would go into effect. The legislation passed and was signed into law without the amendment.[56][57][58]

In August 2025, Talarico was one of 51 Democratic Texas House members who broke quorum to delay the passage of mid-decade new congressional maps.[59] While he was absent from the state, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit to expel Talarico and 12 other representatives from the House by declaring their seats vacant.[60][61] Talarico and the others named in the suit returned to the state before the Texas Supreme Court ruled in the case.[62]

2026 U.S. Senate campaign

Main article: 2026 United States Senate election in Texas
Talarico's Senate campaign logo.
A Talarico rally at The Backyard in San Antonio

On September 9, 2025, Talarico announced his candidacy for the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Texas.[55][63] He and U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett vied for the Democratic nomination.[64]

In December 2025, Talarico appeared in an episode of Jubilee's Surrounded titled "1 Texas Democrat vs. 20 Undecided Texas Voters".[65][66]

In February 2026, the Houston Chronicle, the Austin American-Statesman, the Dallas Morning News, and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram endorsed Talarico.[67][68][69][70] Later in February, the FCC opened an investigation into Talarico's appearance on The View, citing a potential violation of the equal-time rule. Late-night and talk shows had been exempt from the requirement until an FCC rule change in January 2026.[71]

On February 16, 2026, Talarico was scheduled to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert said that CBS canceled the interview because of the Trump administration's "intensifying pressure against broadcast TV networks".[72] He said the network's lawyers had instructed him not to have Talarico on the show or mention the cancellation. Against their advice, he interviewed Talarico and spoke publicly about the cancellation.[73][74][75] Colbert accused CBS of censorship and posted the interview to the show's YouTube page instead,[76]where it had gained 7.3 million views by February 18, making it the most viewed interview segment on The Late Show's channel in a year.[77] Many commentators saw this as an example of the Streisand effect.[78]

On March 3, 2026, Talarico won the Democratic primary, securing the party's nomination in the general midterm election to be held in November 2026.[7]

Political positions

Opposition to Christian nationalism

Talarico is an outspoken critic of Christian nationalism, calling it "a cancer on our religion",[79] and has often said "there's nothing Christian about Christian nationalism".[80] He has cited his faith and the teachings of Jesus, especially the commandment to love God and one's neighbor, as the reason for launching his political career. He has called politics "another word for how we treat our neighbors".[2]

Talarico has called Christian nationalism "the worship of power—social power, economic power, political power, in the name of Christ" and has said Christian nationalists have turned Jesus "into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist", arguing that it is "incumbent on all Christians to confront it and denounce it" in a 2023 guest sermon that has more than a million views on YouTube.[81]

In July 2025, Talarico appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience and discussed the influence of faith on his political career, after which Rogan recommended he run for president in 2028.[82]

Congressional reform

Talarico has advocated for imposing term limits for members of Congress, banning congressional stock trading, and banning partisan gerrymandering.[83]

Talarico supports the elimination of the filibuster in the United States Senate.[84][85]

Healthcare

Talarico supports healthcare reform and universal healthcare as a human right. He supports making buy-in Medicare or a public health insurance option available to every American, calling his healthcare plan "Medicare for Y'all".[86][84]

Immigration

Talarico believes that immigration policy in the United States should be to "treat our southern border" like a "front porch [...] a giant welcome mat out front and [...] the lock on the door."[87][84]

Israel and Palestine

Talarico supports a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He has condemned Israel's "atrocities in Palestine" and "war crimes" and has criticized its role in the Gaza Strip famine. He opposes offensive U.S. aid to Israel and supports banning the sale of offensive weapons to Israel. Talarico is a critic of the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC.[88][89] He criticized Democrats for supporting Israel's war in Gaza during the 2024 presidential election.[90][91] He called the war "the moral test of our time".[92]

LGBTQ+ rights

Talarico is a supporter of LGBTQ rights and gender-affirming care for children.[93][94]

Supreme Court

Talarico supports Supreme Court reform, saying he is open to increasing the number of justices on the court. He also wants term limits and an enforceable code of ethics for the justices.[84][85]

Personal life

Talarico has been called a "deeply religious" Christian and was raised Presbyterian.[3] He is active in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Austin.[95]

Electoral history

2018 Texas House of Representatives 52nd district special election[a][96]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico 32,235 50.9 
RepublicanCynthia Flores31,11349.1
Total votes63,348 100.0 
Democratic gain from Republican
2018 Texas House of Representatives 52nd district election[a][97][98]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico 7,499 100.0 
Total votes7,499 100.0 
General election
DemocraticJames Talarico 36,798 51.7 
RepublicanCynthia Flores34,34048.3
Total votes71,138 100.0 
Democratic gain from Republican
2020 Texas House of Representatives 52nd district election[99][100]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 17,888 100.0 
Total votes17,888 100.0 
General election
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 50,520 51.5 
RepublicanLucio Valdez47,61148.5
Total votes98,131 100.0 
Democratic hold
2022 Texas House of Representatives 50th district election[101][102]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 9,117 78.5 
DemocraticDavid Alcorta2,49721.5
Total votes11,614 100.0 
General election
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 36,881 76.9 
RepublicanVictor Johnson9,71820.3
LibertarianTed Brown1,3922.9
Total votes47,991 100.0 
Democratic hold
2024 Texas House of Representatives 50th district election[52][53]
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 8,015 84.4 
DemocraticNathan Boynton1,47815.6
Total votes9,493 100.0 
General election
DemocraticJames Talarico (incumbent) 48,289 100.0 
Total votes48,289 100.0 
Democratic hold
2026 United States Senate Texas Democratic primary
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Talarico 
DemocraticJasmine Crockett
DemocraticAhmad Hassan
Total votes100.0 

Notes

  1.  In 2018, Talarico was concurrently elected in the special election and the regular election, so both elections were considered a flipped seat for the Democrats.

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