Browsing: James Talarico

Undercover video released by O’Keefe Media Group the day before Texas’s Senate election shows a county Democrat chair and others describing nominee James Talarico’s moderate public image as an election strategy rather than his real views.

Voting and donation records show several self-described Republicans featured in Democratic ads for James Talarico and Sarah Trone Garriott have histories of backing Democrats, while Republican Zach Nunn has run his own ad featuring Democratic crossover supporters.

President Trump released a video attacking Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s record and diet while renewing his endorsement of Ken Paxton, as fundraising and polling data show a competitive Texas Senate race.

A new Quantus Insights poll shows Republican Ken Paxton narrowly leading Democrat James Talarico, 47.2 percent to 46.7 percent, in the costliest Senate race of the 2026 midterms, with early voting set to begin October 19.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says he had the flu, not a mental health stay in Ohio, after a week-long disappearance from public view — though his account of which doctor he saw has shifted.

President Trump rallied support for Ken Paxton’s Texas Senate bid in Dallas, calling him a ‘pain in the a–’ while kicking off a multi-state campaign tour through Oklahoma, New York and potentially Alaska.

An undercover video shows Rev. Jim Rigby, the pastor and mentor of Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, saying atheists are welcome in his Austin church, as Talarico faces Republican Ken Paxton in November.

A 2019 clip shows Texas Senate candidate James Talarico calling parents who don’t affirm their children’s gender identity “abusive,” reviving scrutiny of his record as he courts moderate voters.

RNC Chairman Joe Gruters predicts Ken Paxton will defeat Democrat James Talarico in the Texas Senate race, even as public polling shows the contest within the margin of error.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used Labor Day to tout wage growth and $82 billion in tax relief for working families, warning that Democrats, including Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, want to reverse the cuts.