James Talarico
@jamestalarico
Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian running for the U.S. Senate to take power back for working people.
Politicians usually show up at the border to demonize & fear-monger. We just drove 750 miles from El Paso to the Valley to show off the beauty & potential of our border communities. We’re showing up for Texans along the border who've been left behind by both political parties.
No one should have to crowdfund their cancer treatment. My team and I are in the Rio Grande Valley supporting Cindy Banda, a mother of six fighting cancer — and thousands in medical bills. I’ll fight to lower healthcare costs for everyone — because healthcare is a human right.
People in Alpine, TX can’t access water. Not because there isn’t enough, but because DC politicians have failed them. There's always money for bombs, bailouts, and billionaire tax breaks — but never enough money to fix basic infrastructure.
I visited the small town of Marfa, TX. A local mariachi band greeted us with a song they wrote for our campaign! Our Frontera Tour has been full of special moments — but this was a highlight. 🎶
Ken Paxton’s billionaire handlers won’t let him answer questions in public. It’s why he hasn’t debated in over a decade. But I want him to prove me wrong. I’m challenging Ken Paxton to three televised debates.
A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot.
A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption. Local law enforcement opposes it — because it won’t make anyone safe. It’ll only make out-of-state contractors rich. We don’t need a corrupt wall. We need common sense border security.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was murdered by ICE. His three sons called him “El mundo entero” — the whole world. They watched as their whole world died in a video posted on Facebook. Lorenzo was our neighbor and fellow Texan. He deserves justice.
I’m driving the 750-mile stretch from El Paso to the Rio Grande Valley and holding town halls along the way. We’re showing up for border communities that have been left behind by both political parties for too long. Join us on the frontera: www.mobilize.us/talaricofort...
Ken Paxton just denied our public information request for the Hoffman Files. Adam Hoffman — an admitted child molester — should be in prison, but Ken Paxton let him off the hook. Texans deserve to know why. We don’t need any more pedophile protectors in our government.
BREAKING: Our grassroots campaign raised $30 million since April. Over 780,000 individuals have donated to this movement. We’re uniting Texans onto one team to take on this broken, corrupt political system.
America is done being divided. As one team, we’re unstoppable. Happy Fourth of July!
It won’t happen overnight, but a giant state deserves giant dreams. We’re bigger than partisanship. We’re bigger than extremism. We’re bigger than corruption. Texas is bigger than all of those things. Because it’s not just a state; it’s a state of mind. It’s a spirit. It’s a cause.
This election shouldn’t be about the Democratic Party or the Republican Party. It should be about chasing a vision of what our state can be: Texas schools that are the envy of the nation, a Texas economy that is second to none, and Texas families that are stronger and healthier than ever before.
Every bar has that one guy. He’s loud. He’s obnoxious. He makes all the women in the bar feel uncomfortable. He hears you say your name to the bartender — and then adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Ken Paxton, and I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.
In November, we can make Texas big again. We can make Texas friendly again. We can make Texas, Texas again. We have the chance to take back our state from the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who stole it from us.
The billionaires who own the social media algorithms, who own the cable news networks, who own the politicians fighting on our screens — they’re turning neighbor against neighbor, weakening that spirit of friendship that makes Texas so great.
Today we face a new threat. Our state is being taken over by a new kind of tyrant: billionaire mega-donors. They’re not invading with an army. They’re just buying the system.
Texans don't like tyrants. And we don’t surrender easily. I learned that same defiance from my mother — a seventh-generation Texan from Laredo.
200 years ago, my ancestor signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. He wrote: “Any duty that would advance the cause of Texas I feel anxious and ever ready to perform…” As I accept your nomination for the US Senate, I make that same commitment to you.
Happy Juneteenth! Honored to march in Dr. Opal Lee’s annual Juneteenth Walk for Freedom in Fort Worth.
Ken Paxton let a pedophile back on our streets. Adam Hoffman—an admitted child molester—should have gotten life in prison, but Paxton gave him an Epstein-style sweetheart deal. Today I’m calling on Paxton to release the Hoffman Files. The Epstein Class has no place in Texas.
When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.
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:
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.
