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Quick Facts on James Talarico: Age, Family, Career, Marriage & Why He's Running for Texas Senate

James Talarico launches 2026 US Senate bid in Texas, offering generational leadership, faith-inspired politics and education reform in a crowded Democratic field.

International Business Times UK · Sep 9, 2025

Texas Rep. James Talarico to launch Democratic primary bid for U.S. Senate

The Austin Democrat has made a name for himself with his viral social media presence. His entry to the race pits him against former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred in the increasingly crowded primary.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 5, 2025

Powerful GOP fundraising group calls Rep. Wesley Hunt’s speculative Senate bid a wasteful “vanity project”

In a memo, the National Republican Senate Committee asked Hunt’s donors to tell him to stop wasting resources and endorse Sen. John Cornyn’s reelection.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 5, 2025

Colin Allred wants voters to know “I’m just as angry as they are” in new Senate bid

Allred says he has learned to show up more in his attempt at a Senate do-over. But critics contend he’s not generating enough attention.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 12, 2025

‘Texas law does not apply in Illinois’: Gov. JB Pritzker draws line in sand as FBI ‘hunts down’ runway Democrats

Illinois, New York among Democratic states threatening counter-measures over Texas redistricting

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2025

Why Texas’s redistricting fight is mostly about next year’s Republican Senate slugfest

NEWS ANALYSIS: The nastiest little primary in the Lone Star state has added another layer to the redistricting fight. Eric Garcia examines the feud between the last Bush Republican and the MAGA wing of the GOP

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025

The FBI Has No Business Tracking Down Texas Democrats

Using the FBI to track down AWOL Texas Democrats is an unnecessary expansion of federal law enforcement authority.

Reason · Aug 8, 2025

John Cornyn enters critical window to change trajectory of Texas Senate primary against Ken Paxton

The annual summer break is a critical window for Texas’ senior senator, whose allies are blitzing the airwaves with ads courting primary voters — and President Donald Trump.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 8, 2025

Paxton, Burrows ask Illinois court to enforce Texas arrest warrants against Democrats who left the state

The attorney general is calling on the “full faith and credit” clause of the U.S. Constitution, which says states should typically honor each other’s judicial proceedings.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 7, 2025

FBI Steps Into Texas Redistricting Battle As Democrats Flee State To Block GOP Plan

FBI agents have been deployed in San Antonio and Austin to locate the missing lawmakers, although the FBI itself declined to comment on the details of the operation.

International Business Times · Aug 7, 2025