James Talarico
Texas state representative and former teacher; Democratic nominee for US Senate in 2026.
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- James Talarico is a Texas politician, former middle school teacher and Presbyterian seminarian.
- He has served in the Texas House of Representatives from November 2018, elected at 29 and its youngest member in the 2019 session.
- In 2026 he won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas over Representative Jasmine Crockett and faces the Republican nominee, Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the general election.
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- Born
- 17 May 1989, Round Rock, Texas1
- Education
- BA in government, University of Texas at Austin (2011); MEd in education policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education (2016); MA in theological studies, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (2025), where he is studying for a Master of Divinity1
- Before politics
- Teach For America sixth-grade English teacher in San Antonio from 2011; then Central Texas executive director of the education nonprofit Reasoning Mind1
- Texas House
- Sworn in 20 November 2018; four terms; lead author of nearly 200 bills, 16 of them law1
- US Senate race
- Democratic nominee in Texas in 2026 after beating Jasmine Crockett in the primary; opponent Ken Paxton1
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