James Talarico has represented Round Rock in the Texas House since 2018. He taught public school on San Antonio’s West Side before entering politics. He won an expensive March primary to become Democrats’ nominee for Texas’ 2026 U.S. Senate race.

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Andrea Drusch is a Texas politics reporter covering local, state and federal government for the San Antonio Report. She has a journalism degree from TCU's Schieffer School and started her career in Washington,...