James Talarico
What this job does: One of Texas's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Current office
- State Representative, Texas House District 50 (in the House since 2019)
- Occupation
- Former teacher; state representative
- Lives in
- Austin area
Background
- Born in 1989 in Round Rock, Texas. source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. in government from the University of Texas at Austin (2011); M.Ed. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2016); M.A. in theological studies from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Taught sixth-grade English language arts at Rhodes Middle School in San Antonio through Teach For America, then led the Central Texas office of Reasoning Mind, a math-education nonprofit. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Elected to the Texas House in 2018; represented District 52, then District 50 from 2023. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary with 52.4% of the vote. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Fight corruption in Washington source: jamestalarico.com
- Take on billionaire mega-donors and big money in politics source: jamestalarico.com
- Win power back for working people source: jamestalarico.com
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