Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.

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I’m running for the U.S. Senate. Billionaires have taken over Texas and taken over America — but together, we can take power back for working people. Join this movement: jamestalarico.com
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NEW: @JamesTalarico’s NBA Finals ad just dropped. Read more in @ExpressNews: expressnews.com/news/politic…
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San Antonio has shown the world how to win: as one team. That’s what my students taught me. That’s what the Spurs taught me. Watch our new ad airing during the NBA Finals:
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For decades, Dan Patrick has sold out the poor, the sick, and the vulnerable to enrich his donors. Love feels like blasphemy when you worship power.
Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says James Talarico is “going to Hell”: “I’ve never seen so much blasphemy from anyone running for office… He’s going to Hell, for sure.”
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Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says James Talarico is “going to Hell”: “I’ve never seen so much blasphemy from anyone running for office… He’s going to Hell, for sure.”
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First-time voters say they’re voting for @JamesTalarico: “The fact that Talarico doesn't plan on taking any PAC money… He's free to actually be a servant of the people rather than the billionaire.” “He's not about like the big corporations, and he really cares about people.” “My school district got sued last year by Paxton. So to know that his first bill is going to be an anti-corruption bill is very important to me.”
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Official Statement from @JamesTalarico on Shooting in Midland
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Ken Paxton’s own party impeached him. His own staff reported him to the FBI. Now his own defense attorney is endorsing our campaign. Those closest to Ken Paxton know he's unfit for office.
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.@JamesTalarico on the personal attacks against him: “It's nothing compared to what Texans are going through every day. Texans are struggling right now to afford the basic things: groceries and gas, insurance, childcare, prescription drugs, higher education, rent and mortgage. The fact that politicians, including our sitting United States Senator Ted Cruz, are throwing embarrassing cheap nicknames at their political opponents instead of focusing on improving Texans' lives is everything that's wrong with our politics. It's why people are so fed up with this broken system because it doesn't serve them or improve their lives. It looks a lot more like professional wrestling…. Those nicknames don't lower the cost of groceries, gas, utilities, or insurance. I'm going to keep talking about the things that Texans actually care about, and I'm going to keep proposing solutions to make their lives better.”
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.@JamesTalarico: There's been a lot of talk in this race about what it means to be a real man. Recently on the campaign trail I told the story of my adoptive dad, Mark Talarico. Every Saturday morning, he would mow our lawn, and then without anyone asking him to, he would go next door and mow our neighbor's lawn because she was a widow. My dad never talked about it — he just did it, because that's what a man does. A man takes responsibility, upholds his commitments to his family and his neighbors, and does what's right, even when no one is watching. Here's what real men don't do. They don't lie and cheat their way through life, sell their soul to the highest bidder, or steal from other people in order to enrich themselves. Real men serve others. Weak men serve themselves. I welcome this debate about what it means to be a man, and I don't think Ken Paxton or Ted Cruz are in a position to tell anybody what a real man is.
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.@JamesTalarico: People who voted for Donald Trump thought he was going to lower costs, end the wars, drain the swamp, and release the Epstein files. Now they're feeling pretty disillusioned because on all four counts this administration has failed them. What we're trying to do in this campaign is extend an open hand rather than a closed fist to our neighbors who feel like they've been conned, who feel like they've been let down. We have 45,000 volunteers signed up across the state, we've shattered grassroots fundraising records without taking a dime from corporate PACs, and we're leading in the polls against Ken Paxton. This big tent that we're building in Texas is really gonna shock the world in November of this year when we win our state.
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New data reveals that New World Screwworm, a severely dangerous flesh-eating maggot, is spreading throughout Texas. This comes months after Ken Paxton supported cutting Screwworm monitoring programs.
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We just dropped our World Cup ad. WATCH:
.@JamesTalarico acaba de lanzar su nuevo anuncio para el Mundial!

Se emitirá por todo Texas en Telemundo. ¡Talaricooooooooo!
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.@JamesTalarico acaba de lanzar su nuevo anuncio para el Mundial!

Se emitirá por todo Texas en Telemundo. ¡Talaricooooooooo!
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Since taking office, Ken Paxton has become a multi-millionaire while our pay has stagnated. He owns 11 homes while most Texans can’t afford one. He trades favors with rich donors while blocking overtime pay for workers. Paxton doesn’t serve us — he serves himself.
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These lifelong Republicans are supporting James Talarico 🔥
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🏀 Could James Talarico be Texas sports fans’ newest good luck charm? The Democratic Senate candidate was spotted cheering on the Spurs at an Austin watch party Monday night as San Antonio picked up a crucial NBA Finals win over the Knicks. The timing has fans joking that Talarico may be the opposite of the infamous "Ted Cruz Curse." 🔗 Read more at bit.ly/4eveWma #Spurs #NBAFinals #JamesTalarico
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Go Spurs Go!
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It’s that Talarico blessing 👀
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New Texas Senate poll: 🔵 James Talarico 47% 🔴 Ken Paxton 44% ReconMR/Siena University - 6/1-6/4
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