Rising Democrat James Talarico enters the competitive race in the Texas Senate

James Talarico, a legislator from the Democratic State of Texas with a booming national profile, jumped Tuesday in the high -level and fuel -state fuel race.

Talarico, a state representative, former teacher of the college and presbyterious seminarian who is considered a rising star among the Democrats, becomes the second main competitor of his party to launch a campaign in the race for the headquarters currently held by the long -standing republican senator John Cornyn.

Democrats believe that they have a chance to return the siege while Cornyn Trails Scandal marked the Attorney General of Texas Ken Paxton in most of the last primary surveys of the GOP Senate.

“The biggest gap in our country is not on the left VS on the right-it’s the top vs below. The billionaire mega-donators and their puppet politicians have taken over our state and our country, fucked the system for themselves,” said Talarico in a shared statement with Fox News when he announced his candidacy. “I run for the American Senate to bring people together and resume power for the Texans who work.”

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The representative of the State of Texas, James Talarico, launched a democratic campaign for the American Senate, on September 9, 2025. (Senate campaign James Talarico)

Talarico has painted like an outsider, saying that he “turns against the political establishment, and we will face a lot of money. Big of money is powerful, but it is nothing compared to the power of people”.

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Former Democrat representative Colin Allred launched a Senate campaign in July. Allred, a former university football star who later played in the National Football League, was the Democratic candidate of the Senate in 2024 in Texas, losing to the conservative Senator of Brand Cruz of eight points.

Former representative Colin Allred, the Democratic candidate of the Senate in 2024 in Texas, arises for the Senate for a consecutive second electoral cycle. (Reuters / Marco Bello)

The former astronaut Terry Virts also takes place for democratic appointment in the Senate.

Democrats have long been intended to transform Texas Purple into the red state, but are repeatedly below elections on the scale of the state.

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With the comfortable re -election of Cruz last year, President Donald Trump brought Texas more than 13 percentage points, beating his margins of victory in the state in the 2016 presidential elections and 2020.

But the Democrats see a way towards victory in the general elections of 2026 Si Paxton, which benefits from strong support among the Gop Maga database, ousted Cornyn in republican primary next March.

The Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, on the left, is the main senator contesting John Cornyn during the nomination race in the Senate of the Senate in 2026 in Texas. (Fox News Digital)

Talarico, who speaks openly about her faith and how she shapes her progressive policy program, drew national attention through a series of appearances on social networks that have become viral. His Tiktok videos, which also increased by his profile, which seized millions of views, and his appearance on the best rated podcast by Joe Rogan.

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Earlier this summer, Talarico was a regular in cable news networks, carrying out dozens of national interviews, because he and dozens of his Democratic colleagues at Texas House fled for weeks, to delay the possible Trump redistribution in Texas to create up to five other seats of congression.

Talarico, 36, will launch his campaign with a rally Tuesday evening in his hometown of Round Rock, Texas, located north of Austin.