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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 2 Nov 2026

‘Smart, articulate and guided by his heart’: James Talarico’s journey from teacher to potential Texas senator

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The Texan could pull off a historic victory in the Lone Star state, which hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988When a young, untested former school teacher stood up to address a modest gathering of local donors in Austin, the state capital of Texas, Wendy Davis felt sorry for him. “Poor kid,” she remembers thinking.Then James Talarico began speaking. “He was like five or six sentences in…

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