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During campaigning, Talarico was considered the front-runner in the Democrat primary for most of the time until his [[racist]] comments about a primary opponent became public<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jasmine-crockett-vs-james-talarico-primary-turns-into-mess.html</ref>; Crockett took a polling lead thereafter but was unable to hold it.  Chris Bray of ''[[The Federalist]]'' noted the Texas primary may bring us closer to the daily heartburn of a Sen. James Talarico endlessly sermonizing on the biblical mandate for pediatric phalloplasty and trans abortions.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/04/the-texas-primaries-just-ended-a-bunch-of-jerry-springer-episodes/</ref>

During campaigning, Talarico was considered the front-runner in the Democrat primary for most of the time until his [[racist]] comments about a primary opponent became public<ref>https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/jasmine-crockett-vs-james-talarico-primary-turns-into-mess.html</ref>; Crockett took a polling lead thereafter but was unable to hold it.  Chris Bray of ''[[The Federalist]]'' noted the Texas primary may bring us closer to the daily heartburn of a Sen. James Talarico endlessly sermonizing on the biblical mandate for pediatric phalloplasty and trans abortions.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2026/03/04/the-texas-primaries-just-ended-a-bunch-of-jerry-springer-episodes/</ref>

In polling which took place before the primaries closed, he polled roughly even with Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] (who finished second in the GOP primary and headed to the runoff), but behind Congressman [[Wesley Hunt]] (who finished 3rd) and even worse against Cornyn (who had the most votes).  Later polling, after the primary, showed Talarico ahead of Paxton by margins outside the [[margin of error]] and ahead of Cornyn as well (however, the polling was done by a Democrat-leaning polling firm).

In polling which took place before the primaries closed, he polled roughly even with Texas Attorney General [[Ken Paxton]] (who finished second in the GOP primary and headed to the runoff), but behind Congressman [[Wesley Hunt]] (who finished 3rd) and even worse against Cornyn (who had the most votes).  Later polling, after the primary, showed Talarico ahead of Paxton by margins outside the [[margin of error]] and ahead of Cornyn as well (however, the polling was done by a Democrat-leaning polling firm).  After Paxton won his runoff race against Cornyn, polling showed Talarico +3 over Paxton with Libertarian candidate Ted Brown at 1%; however, the polls showed a likely unreliable figure of 30% of Cornyn voters planning to vote for Talarico in the general election (notwithstanding Cornyn's public announcement that he will support the entire Republican ticket - including Paxton - in November).

Talarico is a former [[Presbyterian]] seminarian who is the grandson of a [[Baptist]] minister. Talarico often refers to the [[Bible]] to try to justify his [[Leftist]] political positions. But Talarico favors expanding [[gambling]] in [[Texas]], particularly [[casino]]s.

Talarico is a former [[Presbyterian]] seminarian who is the grandson of a [[Baptist]] minister. Talarico often refers to the [[Bible]] to try to justify his [[Leftist]] political positions. But Talarico favors expanding [[gambling]] in [[Texas]], particularly [[casino]]s.