He defeated U.S. representative Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary and will face Republican attorney general Ken Paxton in the general election.
Before I was a politician, I was a public school teacher. I taught sixth grade Language Arts at Rhodes Middle School on the westside of San Antonio. The westside is a beautiful, historic Mexican-American neighborhood. It’s also one of the poorest zip codes in Texas.
James Talarico shares his latest additions to his Truckin’ playlist and his thoughts about the current government shutdown.
Texas State Representative James Talarico, a self-proclaimed devout Christian, is facing scrutiny after a report revealed he followed and interacted with adult content creators on social media.
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Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Talarico’s campaign said he met his girlfriend when she was the Chief of Staff in his Texas House legislative office, and that they’ve been together for four years.
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I believe James Talarico’s faith is in the theology of Universalism Christianity, as well as a man- centred doctrine that twists The Holy Word of God so as to validate “LGBTQ+ affirming” through scriptures such as ” loving your neighbour as yourself ”. I love this man, but don’t appreciate how he opens the door for our faith to be used by government and Extremist Left groups.
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James Dell Talarico (/ˌtæləˈriːkoʊ/ TAL-uh-REE-koh, born May 17, 1989) is an American politician and educator who has served since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic nominee in the 2026 U.S.
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For Republicans: Texas state Rep. James Talarico offers the dream target — a young, viral progressive whose old comments can be stripped of context and turned into a one-man museum of "woke" Democratic excess.
The internet, however, has largely responded in typical fashion: by pointing out she appears to be a relatively normal person and joking that critics are grasping at straws. Others have drawn comparisons between Talarico's seemingly normal relationship and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's headline-making personal life, which would put most soap operas to shame.
As a Texan who is bringing is whole family to vote Talarico, and as someone who knows the opposition in my state fairly well, I can say that this strategy is largely targeted at rural voters and a certain class of business owners. It probably won't register on the radar for many Republican voters who aren't deep in the culture war, anti-woke, anti-lgbt crowd.
Texas state Rep. James Talarico has the early advantage over Attorney General Ken Paxton in their bids for the U.S. Senate in the first poll released since Paxton won the Republican primary runoff.
According to the Post, Talarico met his girlfriend, 30-year-old Brianna Menard, when she landed a position in Talarico’s office in 2022. They did not start dating until the following January, when Menard became chief of staff for state
Talarico’s rising popularity, and his staunch support of trans rights, may have made him a punching bag for the political right, but he’s also increasingly seen as a candidate who may be able to turn Texas blue. The fear of losing Texas — both electorally and psychologically — certainly seems to be stoking these Republican attacks.
James Talarico, a Texas Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during an event in San Antoniom, March 1, 2026. | Brenda Bazán/AP · By Adam Wren and Irie Sentner05/27/2026 05:55 AM EDT · In the end, James Talarico and Democrats got the matchup they had been salivating over for months. Within two hours of Ken Paxton’s GOP primary win on Tuesday, Talarico had hauled in $600,000 — the strongest two hours of his entire campaign. Recent internal polling from a pro-Talarico PAC shows the Democrat has a 7-point lead against Paxton. Both figures were shared first with POLITICO. In an interview, Talarico said he’s confident about his chances. But Talarico faces a Texas-sized challenge to finally deliver on Democrats’ long-held fantasy of flipping the state, just two years after Trump won it by 14 points. It’s an open question whether the state representative, who participated in Paxton’s impeachment trial, can successfully capitalize on the general-election candidacy of the
Forty-seven percent of likely general election voters in the state backed state Rep. James Talarico (D) in the poll from Texas Public Opinion Research, compared with 44 percent for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).
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Republicans have also repeatedly brought up Talarico’s 2021 comment during a state legislative debate that “modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.” One of the patrons at Midway BBQ took the mic to call Talarico “six-gender Jimmy.” · The Republican strategy is reminiscent of 2018 — another midterm year with Trump in power — when Sen. Ted Cruz found himself in a tougher-than-expected race with Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke and sought to rouse the GOP base with sustained personal ridicule of O’Rourke. Cruz also denigrated O’Rourke in terms that carnivorous Texans could relate to, calling him a “Triple Meat Whataburger liberal.” · Talarico has established himself as a formidable threat much sooner than O’Rourke did. And if he wins Tuesday, Paxton enters the general election campaign after Cornyn and national Republicans spent tens of millions of dollars airing allegations of corruption and adultery against him.
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The sight of Roberto de Zerbi pulling a black hood over his face as he stalked the touchline was a symbol of another night of self-destruction by Tottenham Hotspur.
New head coach De Zerbi was a picture of anguish after Richarlison squandered a simple chance to put Spurs in a comfort zone by blazing over the bar as they led Leeds United by Mathys Tel's spectacular strike.
It would not have settled the game - 2-0 is no guarantee with Spurs - but it might just have settled the nerves jangling around Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
The Italian is learning quickly that no such territory as a comfort zone exists at Spurs, and certainly not when presented with the opportunity to put daylight between themselves and West Ham United and make their lives easier in the Premier League relegation battle.
And so it proved as goalscorer Tel went from hero to zero in a moment of total recklessness after 74 minutes to concede the penalty that allowed Leeds to equalise from the penalty spot and deprive Spurs of two precious points.
Roberto de Zerbi has won eight points in five games as Tottenham head coach
Tel had already shown his erratic side in the first half when he found himself in a tight spot in his own penalty box, then attempted to resolve the problem by delivering a perfect cross on to the head of an onrushing Leeds forward, only for Kevin Danso's desperate clearance to spare his embarrassment.
This was nothing compared to a bicycle kick in his own area that connected with Ethan Ampadu's head, leaving the Leeds captain in a heap.
The video assistant referee merely confirmed what everyone else in stadium knew, De Zerbi raising his eyes to the heavens as Dominic Calvert-Lewin slammed home the penalty.
After being a relatively low-key presence in his early Spurs games, which have included vital wins away at Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa, this was the night when the Italian's combustible temperament bubbled throughout.
De Zerbi jumped up and down on the spot in disgust at slow play from his team in the first half, then incurred the wrath of referee Jarred Gillett, who delivered a touchline dressing down as the Italian repeatedly left his technical area.
He received a yellow card as things threatened to boil over late on, with 13 minutes of added time increasing the unbearable tension around the stadium.
No wonder De Zerbi looked so frustrated at the final whistle, because the door to survival that opened wider when West Ham lost so contentiously to Arsenal on Sunday, suddenly closed again as they missed the chance to open up a significant four-point advantage going into the final two games of the season.
De Zerbi told Match of the Day the pressure of their situation may have had an impact on his players.
"We didn't play a great game - we played a good game," De Zerbi said.
"I think we deserved to win anyway but maybe the pressure, the crucial game, the crucial part of the season, we suffered too much.
"Anyway I am happy because I watched my players with the right spirit, with the right mentality.
"We made too many mistakes. If we want to win we have to reduce the mistakes, but we knew before this game it will be tough until the end of the season, until the last game. It is tough for us and tough for everyone."
On Tel, he said: "He is young and is a talent. I will kiss him and hug him. He doesn't need too many words. He was sorry for the mistake. It can happen to a young player."
De Zerbi added: "I think we have to consider the result, but we also have to consider the performance. We played a good game, we are making points - in the last four games we made eight points.
"Congratulations to Leeds. They played a great game. They have to play the last game at West Ham and we've no doubt that they will play the same way."
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One player who deserved a hug and a kiss from De Zerbi was goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky, whose redemption arc from the trauma of being taken off after 17 minutes of the Champions League last-16 first leg at Atletico Madrid continued.
Kinsky made two superb saves, one from Joe Rodon's header in the first half, and another that preserved a point when he showed stunning reflexes to turn Sean Longstaff's stoppage-time shot on to the bar.
They could just turn out to be the saves that keep Spurs in the Premier League.
And that fight now looks likely to go to the final game of the season.
If West Ham can win at Newcastle United on Sunday evening, Spurs will be back in the bottom three when they travel to Chelsea for their next game on 19 May. The Blues would take ghoulish delight in prolonging their agony to a final game at home to Everton.
If it does go to the last game, Spurs will have to reverse a worrying trend as their last home win in the league was against Brentford in December, drawing their last two under De Zerbi against Brighton then here against Leeds.
In desperation to snatch a winner, De Zerbi sent on James Maddison for his first action since sustaining a serious knee injury in pre-season. He looked lively, feeling he had won a penalty when he went down under challenge from Lukas Nmecha, but the Leeds player got a touch on the ball first.
De Zerbi's body language - not exactly difficult to read - screamed frustration.
It was echoed by everyone of a Spurs persuasion - and life is unlikely to get any easier as their battle to avoid an embarrassing drop into the Championship now looks like it could go to the final day of this turbulent, chaotic season.
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