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James Talarico

James Talarico

Democratic

About

James Talarico is a Texas state representative, former middle school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian. His campaign biography says he taught sixth-grade language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio.

  • Texas state representative

  • Sixth-grade language-arts teacher, Rhodes Middle School, San Antonio

  • Presbyterian seminarian

  • Eighth-generation Texan

Where they stand

  • Taxes, Costs, and Economic Opportunity

    Supports lowering household costs through stronger competition, expanded tax credits for working families, a higher federal minimum wage, lower housing and prescription costs, and repeal of tariffs that raise prices; he also proposes requiring AI data centers to fund their own energy infrastructure.

  • Immigration and Border Policy

    Supports comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while expanding legal migration, prioritizing ICE resources for criminals and traffickers, creating legalization pathways for some undocumented immigrants, modernizing ports of entry, and reducing the asylum backlog.

  • Health Care Access and Costs

    Supports allowing every American to buy into Medicare, lowering prescription costs through negotiation and competition, protecting the Affordable Care Act and public coverage, reforming prior authorization, protecting rural hospitals, and reducing medical debt.

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Support

  • Kamala Harris

    Kamala Harris

    “I offer him my full support in the months ahead.”

    — Kamala Harris, former Vice President of the United States

  • Congressional Black Caucus PAC

    Congressional Black Caucus PAC

    “Black Texans deserve a leader who will lower costs, stand up to corruption, and advance equity.”

    — Representative Gregory Meeks, Congressional Black Caucus PAC chair

  • Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE)

    Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (COPE)

    “The Texas labor movement will fight shoulder-to-shoulder with James to make sure workers take back our power.”

    — Leonard Aguilar, Texas AFL-CIO president

  • End Citizens United

    End Citizens United

    “We are proud to endorse James and look forward to helping him win in November.”

    — Tiffany Muller, End Citizens United president

  • American Federation of Government Employees

    American Federation of Government Employees

    “fight for the people who show up every day to serve the public.”

    — Cheryl Eliano, AFGE District 10 national vice president

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Money

$69M

raised

$22M cash

cash on hand

Top donors: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, GOOGLE

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