((Texas Tribune) – The MP for Texas James Talarico will announce on Tuesday that he is jumping to the race for the US Senate, according to two persons familiar with the plans that were granted not to be identified for discussion.
Politico and CNN mentioned the plan earlier on Friday.
Talarico will be a high -level democratic democracy that enters the race.
Talarico, a rising star among the Democrats in Texas, himself through a series of viral social media moments that show him dependence on his Christian faith while he was expelled with Republican colleagues and conservative media hosts, and covers topics such as school vouchers and the new Texas policy of presenting the ten commandments in the classes of public schools. Its videos regularly get millions of views, and achieved a desirable look earlier this summer in the highest -class Joe Rogan.
Talarico, 36, has served as a former teacher of the General School and the Non -Performing Director, in Texas since 2018, and it represents North Austin and parts of Pflugerville and Round Rock, where he grew up. He hopes to one day become a sponsor, and he got a master’s degree in theological studies last year from the Austin Sheikh’s Theological School.
Talarico will join the former United States, Colin Alared and former space pioneer, Terry Vertz, in the democratic primaries that have seen closely witnessed more candidates. Former American MP Beto Rork from El Basso and American Deputy Joakin Castro from San Antonio joined the race.
The competition is of special importance for Democrats who see blood in the water for the current Senator John Corn. Republicans from four periods face a difficult basic challenge from the Texas Pafeston Public Prosecutor, who sees Democrats at risk in general elections because of his moral scandals, betrayal and strict conservative positions. Paxon Corneen led the poll, although recent investigative studies indicate that the race tightens.
Meanwhile, Talarico will start his campaign with only modest recognition between voters outside the center of Texas, where he was first elected in a gold zone with difficulty for Republican Donald Trump in 2016.
Democrat speaks for four periods publicly and often his faith and how it is formed and formed its progressive policies. Often he draws a sharp distinction between his novel for Christianity and the message of Republicans who dominate the legislative body in Texas.
“There is nothing a Christian about Christian nationalism,” Tallarico is fond of saying, and it is often cited the verses of the Bible in arguing against Republican measures such as the Ten Law of the Commandments or a proposal to allocate time to prayer during the school day.
Talarico in recent months has bowed to the idea that Democrats need the voters to show that they are fighting for the middle class against billionaires and those who deceive the regime. After publishing this argument with Rogan, the unpopular Podcast host, who recently deviated to the right, told Talarico near the end of the offer, which lasted for two and a half hours that he must run for the presidency.
Recently, Talarico was at the forefront of a democratic correspondence against evaluation efforts in the middle of the contract that Trump prompted to protect the majority of Congress of the Republican Party, and join the unity of the lawmakers in the House of Representatives who were clouded in Illinois last month to delay the new map.
“The Democratic Party has forgotten how to fight, but this critical moment in our country’s history demands fighters, not volumes,” said Talarico for a room full of Democrats in Hayes Province in August. “It’s time to start stirring tables.”
This article originally appeared in Texas Tribune in https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/05/james-talarico-texas-seenate-democrat-2026/.
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