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2026 Texas U.S. Senate — General Election · November 3, 2026
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JAMES TALARICO
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PO BOX 14508 · AUSTIN, TX 78761
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Email: [email protected]
Mailing address: PO BOX 14508
Mailing address: AUSTIN, TX 78761
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James is an eighth-generation Texan, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian. As a state representative, he’s led the fight against the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who have taken over Texas.
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James is an eighth-generation Texan, former middle school teacher, and Presbyterian seminarian. As a state representative, he’s led the fight against the billionaire mega-donors and puppet politicians who have taken over Texas.
Growing up, I saw that same fight in my mother — a preacher’s daughter from Laredo who left home at 19 and met my birth father, whose drinking problem sometimes led to violence.
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Growing up, I saw that same fight in my mother — a preacher’s daughter from Laredo who left home at 19 and met my birth father, whose drinking problem sometimes led to violence.
As a legislator, I’ve passed major legislation to fund our neighborhood schools, expand job opportunities for young adults, and lower the cost of child care, housing, and prescription drugs.
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As a legislator, I’ve passed major legislation to fund our neighborhood schools, expand job opportunities for young adults, and lower the cost of child care, housing, and prescription drugs.
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Now, he’s running for U.S. Senate to take his fight against corruption to Washington and win power back for working people.
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Now, he’s running for U.S. Senate to take his fight against corruption to Washington and win power back for working people.
Billionaires and their giant corporations pour millions of dollars into campaign contributions and corporate PACs to elect politicians who will do their bidding. In return, they get tax loopholes that save themselves money — and the government makes up for the lost revenue by raising taxes on the rest of us or slashing the programs we’ve paid into.
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Billionaires and their giant corporations pour millions of dollars into campaign contributions and corporate PACs to elect politicians who will do their bidding. In return, they get tax loopholes that save themselves money — and the government makes up for the lost revenue by raising taxes on the rest of us or slashing the programs we’ve paid into.
Meanwhile, the richest 1% of Americans now own more wealth than the entire middle class. Dozens of the largest corporations pay zero dollars in federal income taxes. They lobby for policies that cut their own taxes while raising taxes on all of us. And they lobby against regulations that would stop them from monopolizing markets and artificially jacking up prices. That’s a big reason that everything is so expensive right now.
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Meanwhile, the richest 1% of Americans now own more wealth than the entire middle class. Dozens of the largest corporations pay zero dollars in federal income taxes. They lobby for policies that cut their own taxes while raising taxes on all of us. And they lobby against regulations that would stop them from monopolizing markets and artificially jacking up prices. That’s a big reason that everything is so expensive right now.
Because of that commitment to public schools, my colleagues in the Texas House selected me to lead the fight against Governor Abbott’s private school voucher scam — a program that is taking tax dollars out of our public schools to subsidize private education, even for billionaires like Elon Musk. I’ve gone toe-to-toe with billionaires like Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks, and Betsy DeVos, who have been spending their fortunes attacking our neighborhood public schools.
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Because of that commitment to public schools, my colleagues in the Texas House selected me to lead the fight against Governor Abbott’s private school voucher scam — a program that is taking tax dollars out of our public schools to subsidize private education, even for billionaires like Elon Musk. I’ve gone toe-to-toe with billionaires like Tim Dunn, Farris Wilks, and Betsy DeVos, who have been spending their fortunes attacking our neighborhood public schools.
It’s time to take our fight for guaranteed health care to our nation’s capital and finally put the lives of Americans over the profits of billionaire mega-donors and special interests.
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It’s time to take our fight for guaranteed health care to our nation’s capital and finally put the lives of Americans over the profits of billionaire mega-donors and special interests.
Allow every American — regardless of their age — to join Medicare: Provide an affordable not-for-profit health care option for every American, while also bringing down costs for those who don’t participate by increasing competition with private insurance.
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Allow every American — regardless of their age — to join Medicare: Provide an affordable not-for-profit health care option for every American, while also bringing down costs for those who don’t participate by increasing competition with private insurance.
You can’t stand for family and vote against paid family leave, affordable child care, or the right of every American to marry who they love.
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You can’t stand for family and vote against paid family leave, affordable child care, or the right of every American to marry who they love.
Texans should be the ones to lead our country in finally pursuing comprehensive immigration reforms that keep us safe, live up to our values and shared humanity, and supercharge our economy. Imagine having a U.S. Senator from Texas who will take the charge to get that done.
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Texans should be the ones to lead our country in finally pursuing comprehensive immigration reforms that keep us safe, live up to our values and shared humanity, and supercharge our economy. Imagine having a U.S. Senator from Texas who will take the charge to get that done.
And while we want to protect America’s leadership in artificial intelligence, we are still grappling with how it will affect everything from how we work to how our children learn. We must protect Americans and establish clear, consistent laws for businesses.
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And while we want to protect America’s leadership in artificial intelligence, we are still grappling with how it will affect everything from how we work to how our children learn. We must protect Americans and establish clear, consistent laws for businesses.
We all deserve to live in a safe neighborhood. And as your Senator, your safety will always be my top priority.
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We all deserve to live in a safe neighborhood. And as your Senator, your safety will always be my top priority.
Workers and small businesses keep our economy running. But right now, the deck is stacked against them. Giant corporations get tax write-offs when their CEOs fly on private jets, while the average family is struggling to get by.
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Workers and small businesses keep our economy running. But right now, the deck is stacked against them. Giant corporations get tax write-offs when their CEOs fly on private jets, while the average family is struggling to get by.
Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: Oppose the Argentina beef buyout and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.
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Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: Oppose the Argentina beef buyout and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.
For Texans, foreign policy isn’t foreign.
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For Texans, foreign policy isn’t foreign.
Texas is the state that put a man on the moon. We’re the state that pioneered ranching, computers, and modern energy. If any state can figure out how to grow our economy, lower costs, and combat climate change, it’s Texas.
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Texas is the state that put a man on the moon. We’re the state that pioneered ranching, computers, and modern energy. If any state can figure out how to grow our economy, lower costs, and combat climate change, it’s Texas.
That’s why I’ve never taken a dime of corporate PAC money. It’s why I broke quorum twice with my colleagues in the Texas House to fight back against rigged redistricting maps and defend the freedom to vote. And it’s why the first set of legislation I will pursue in the U.S. Senate will be an anti-corruption package to ban super PACs and corporate PACs, ban partisan gerrymandering, and increase transparency and accountability in all branches of government.
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That’s why I’ve never taken a dime of corporate PAC money. It’s why I broke quorum twice with my colleagues in the Texas House to fight back against rigged redistricting maps and defend the freedom to vote. And it’s why the first set of legislation I will pursue in the U.S. Senate will be an anti-corruption package to ban super PACs and corporate PACs, ban partisan gerrymandering, and increase transparency and accountability in all branches of government.
DC politicians like John Cornyn promised to lower costs, fight for families, and drain the swamp. Now they’re trying to gut healthcare for millions to cut taxes for their donors — even shutting down the government to do it. If you feel conned, you have a place in this campaign.
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DC politicians like John Cornyn promised to lower costs, fight for families, and drain the swamp. Now they’re trying to gut healthcare for millions to cut taxes for their donors — even shutting down the government to do it. If you feel conned, you have a place in this campaign.
As I see those same billionaires now partnering with DC Republicans to take their voucher scam nationwide and gut the U.S. Department of Education, I’m ready to take my fight to Washington and not only save our public schools — but make them the envy of the world so that every Texas child has a chance at success.
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As I see those same billionaires now partnering with DC Republicans to take their voucher scam nationwide and gut the U.S. Department of Education, I’m ready to take my fight to Washington and not only save our public schools — but make them the envy of the world so that every Texas child has a chance at success.
Because health care is a human right.
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Because health care is a human right.
Lower prescription drug costs: Increase price transparency and negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approval of generic drugs, institute caps on out-of-pocket costs, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they’re not up-charging patients.
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Lower prescription drug costs: Increase price transparency and negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approval of generic drugs, institute caps on out-of-pocket costs, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they’re not up-charging patients.
I’m a Presbyterian seminarian studying to become a pastor. My faith in Jesus leads me to reject Christian Nationalism and commit myself to the project of democracy. Because that’s the promise of America: a democracy where every person and every family — regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or any other difference between us — can truly be free and live up to their full potential.
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I’m a Presbyterian seminarian studying to become a pastor. My faith in Jesus leads me to reject Christian Nationalism and commit myself to the project of democracy. Because that’s the promise of America: a democracy where every person and every family — regardless of religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or any other difference between us — can truly be free and live up to their full potential.
Pass comprehensive immigration reform: Secure the border, make it easier to come here legally, and supercharge our economy.
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Pass comprehensive immigration reform: Secure the border, make it easier to come here legally, and supercharge our economy.
We can defend free speech while holding powerful corporations accountable. We can encourage innovation while setting clear guidelines that protect Americans from harm. We can and must do both.
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We can defend free speech while holding powerful corporations accountable. We can encourage innovation while setting clear guidelines that protect Americans from harm. We can and must do both.
Public safety means ensuring law enforcement has the resources to investigate and prosecute crime. It means passing commonsense gun safety laws to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. And it means listening to police chiefs when they tell us we will all be safer when we fund programs like mental health care, housing support, addiction treatment, and youth services to prevent crime before it happens.
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Public safety means ensuring law enforcement has the resources to investigate and prosecute crime. It means passing commonsense gun safety laws to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. And it means listening to police chiefs when they tell us we will all be safer when we fund programs like mental health care, housing support, addiction treatment, and youth services to prevent crime before it happens.
Billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians want you to believe that if we raise the minimum wage, support paid family leave, or allow workers to unionize, it’ll kill jobs and crush the economy. But the evidence doesn’t back that up.
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Billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians want you to believe that if we raise the minimum wage, support paid family leave, or allow workers to unionize, it’ll kill jobs and crush the economy. But the evidence doesn’t back that up.
Reject private school voucher scams: Oppose the federal voucher scam being pushed by billionaires like Betsy DeVos — which would defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy, disproportionately harming rural areas where public schools are the community’s largest employer.
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Reject private school voucher scams: Oppose the federal voucher scam being pushed by billionaires like Betsy DeVos — which would defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy, disproportionately harming rural areas where public schools are the community’s largest employer.
I will reject efforts to shut America off from the rest of the world — because I know it makes us weaker and less secure. I’m committed to working in partnership with our foreign allies and engaging in diplomacy that will help us prevent attacks on American soil and avoid unnecessary wars.
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I will reject efforts to shut America off from the rest of the world — because I know it makes us weaker and less secure. I’m committed to working in partnership with our foreign allies and engaging in diplomacy that will help us prevent attacks on American soil and avoid unnecessary wars.
We’re the energy leader of the world — and as Senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy.
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We’re the energy leader of the world — and as Senator, I will work tirelessly to ensure our state not only maintains, but extends that innovative leadership for generations to come so that Texans always have access to reliable, affordable energy.
Ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide: Establish independent redistricting commissions so that voters can choose their politicians — not the other way around.
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Ban partisan gerrymandering nationwide: Establish independent redistricting commissions so that voters can choose their politicians — not the other way around.
Boost reading and math achievement: Provide grants and other incentives to encourage public schools to adopt evidence-based strategies like phonics, early literacy programs, and 1:1 intensive tutoring.
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Boost reading and math achievement: Provide grants and other incentives to encourage public schools to adopt evidence-based strategies like phonics, early literacy programs, and 1:1 intensive tutoring.
Protect health coverage and lower premiums: Protect and improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reverse the Trump Administration’s dangerous cuts to the ACA enhanced tax credits, Medicare, and Medicaid that will kick 15 million Americans off their insurance and raise premiums for millions more.
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Protect health coverage and lower premiums: Protect and improve the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and reverse the Trump Administration’s dangerous cuts to the ACA enhanced tax credits, Medicare, and Medicaid that will kick 15 million Americans off their insurance and raise premiums for millions more.
It’s time to elect a Senator who will actually fight for freedom, family, and faith — one who will stand up for the freedoms of every Texan, make it easier to start and care for a family, and defend the separation of church and state.
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It’s time to elect a Senator who will actually fight for freedom, family, and faith — one who will stand up for the freedoms of every Texan, make it easier to start and care for a family, and defend the separation of church and state.
Hold ICE accountable for abuses: Ban ICE agents from wearing masks or refusing to show identification, and hold them accountable when they break the law.
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Hold ICE accountable for abuses: Ban ICE agents from wearing masks or refusing to show identification, and hold them accountable when they break the law.
We don’t have to choose between supporting workers and supporting businesses. Doing both is how we ensure hard work is rewarded and every American has the opportunity to earn their way into the middle class.
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We don’t have to choose between supporting workers and supporting businesses. Doing both is how we ensure hard work is rewarded and every American has the opportunity to earn their way into the middle class.
Support a strong agricultural workforce: Expand workforce development to train new workers in the industry, support farmer-to-farmer programs, and help farmers and ranchers lower food costs for Americans by responsibly hiring migrant workers when they can’t find Americans to fill their jobs — including by simplifying the H-2A visa program application and ensuring strong labor standards on those visas so that employers do not game the system to displace American workers and suppress their wages.
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Support a strong agricultural workforce: Expand workforce development to train new workers in the industry, support farmer-to-farmer programs, and help farmers and ranchers lower food costs for Americans by responsibly hiring migrant workers when they can’t find Americans to fill their jobs — including by simplifying the H-2A visa program application and ensuring strong labor standards on those visas so that employers do not game the system to displace American workers and suppress their wages.
It is our duty as the world’s oldest democracy to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression, address human rights abuses like those being suffered by the people of Sudan, and use every ounce of our diplomatic and financial leverage to secure peace in Israel and Palestine.
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It is our duty as the world’s oldest democracy to defend Ukraine against Russian aggression, address human rights abuses like those being suffered by the people of Sudan, and use every ounce of our diplomatic and financial leverage to secure peace in Israel and Palestine.
If we invest in innovation, we can add to our hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, solar, and battery jobs by creating new jobs in cutting-edge technologies like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy. We can pioneer innovative ways to streamline permitting processes without compromising the protection of our environment — so that Texas can lead in increasing energy supply and driving down costs.
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If we invest in innovation, we can add to our hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, solar, and battery jobs by creating new jobs in cutting-edge technologies like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy. We can pioneer innovative ways to streamline permitting processes without compromising the protection of our environment — so that Texas can lead in increasing energy supply and driving down costs.
Make it easier for citizens to participate in our elections: Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to remove unnecessary barriers to registering to vote and casting a ballot.
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Make it easier for citizens to participate in our elections: Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to remove unnecessary barriers to registering to vote and casting a ballot.
Create a fairer tax system: Make giant corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes. (That way, we can cut taxes for working families and small businesses.) Make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes — including by imposing a higher tax on their income and capital gains and ending the dubious “buy, borrow, die” loopholes that billionaires use to grow untaxed wealth. Make corporations pay their fair share in taxes — including by raising the corporate tax rate (it has fallen by HALF since the mid-1980s!), ending the “carried interest” tax loopholes that allow hedge funds to avoid paying billions that they owe, and rolling back other extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes. Raise the tax on corporate stock buybacks, which corporations use to artificially inflate their stock prices instead of making investments in research and development or to pay their employees the full value of their work.
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Create a fairer tax system: Make giant corporations and the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share of taxes. (That way, we can cut taxes for working families and small businesses.) Make billionaires pay their fair share in taxes — including by imposing a higher tax on their income and capital gains and ending the dubious “buy, borrow, die” loopholes that billionaires use to grow untaxed wealth. Make corporations pay their fair share in taxes — including by raising the corporate tax rate (it has fallen by HALF since the mid-1980s!), ending the “carried interest” tax loopholes that allow hedge funds to avoid paying billions that they owe, and rolling back other extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes. Raise the tax on corporate stock buybacks, which corporations use to artificially inflate their stock prices instead of making investments in research and development or to pay their employees the full value of their work.
Hire more teachers and equip them with what they need to succeed: Expand programs like the Teacher Quality Partnership, the Supporting Effective Educator Development program, and the TEACH grant that fund and enhance teacher training and are helping to close the teacher workforce gap.
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Hire more teachers and equip them with what they need to succeed: Expand programs like the Teacher Quality Partnership, the Supporting Effective Educator Development program, and the TEACH grant that fund and enhance teacher training and are helping to close the teacher workforce gap.
Reform the prior authorization system: Ensure that insurance companies do not arbitrarily deny patients the medication and treatments that their health care providers have determined necessary.
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Reform the prior authorization system: Ensure that insurance companies do not arbitrarily deny patients the medication and treatments that their health care providers have determined necessary.
Create pathways to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants: Create a path to citizenship for the immigrants who have been here the longest and certain groups like spouses and DREAMers, while allowing those who recently arrived to apply for temporary work permits if they are filling a job that will help lower costs for Americans.
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Create pathways to legalization for certain undocumented immigrants: Create a path to citizenship for the immigrants who have been here the longest and certain groups like spouses and DREAMers, while allowing those who recently arrived to apply for temporary work permits if they are filling a job that will help lower costs for Americans.
Ensure America continues to lead the world in the quality of its tech workforce: Invest in STEM education to foster the next generation of responsible tech leaders, as well as programs like Registered Apprenticeships aimed at re-training workers displaced or at risk of being displaced by AI so they can excel in industry-leading technology jobs.
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Ensure America continues to lead the world in the quality of its tech workforce: Invest in STEM education to foster the next generation of responsible tech leaders, as well as programs like Registered Apprenticeships aimed at re-training workers displaced or at risk of being displaced by AI so they can excel in industry-leading technology jobs.
When we sit down as neighbors instead of opponents, we discover we’re fighting for the same thing: safe schools, safe streets, safe communities. And when every Texan feels safe, every Texan can thrive.
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When we sit down as neighbors instead of opponents, we discover we’re fighting for the same thing: safe schools, safe streets, safe communities. And when every Texan feels safe, every Texan can thrive.
Expand water access: Make it easier for rural communities to access low-interest loans and grants for constructing or upgrading water systems.
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Expand water access: Make it easier for rural communities to access low-interest loans and grants for constructing or upgrading water systems.
As U.S. Senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure America always leads with moral clarity in its approach to foreign policy. Not only is it the right thing to do — but it will make America stronger, richer, and safer.
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As U.S. Senator, I will do everything in my power to ensure America always leads with moral clarity in its approach to foreign policy. Not only is it the right thing to do — but it will make America stronger, richer, and safer.
And we can better prepare for climate disasters instead of constantly being caught flat-footed when they hit our state. Just in the last decade, Texans have faced historic droughts, devastating wildfires, multiple “500-year” floods, and one of the deadliest winter storms in our state’s history — which killed hundreds of our fellow Texans. That kind of incompetence in the face of increasingly frequent climate disasters is completely unacceptable — and I will do everything in my power to ensure Texans never face the consequences of that level of unpreparedness ever again.
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And we can better prepare for climate disasters instead of constantly being caught flat-footed when they hit our state. Just in the last decade, Texans have faced historic droughts, devastating wildfires, multiple “500-year” floods, and one of the deadliest winter storms in our state’s history — which killed hundreds of our fellow Texans. That kind of incompetence in the face of increasingly frequent climate disasters is completely unacceptable — and I will do everything in my power to ensure Texans never face the consequences of that level of unpreparedness ever again.
Ban Congressional stock trading: Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks, engaging in insider trading, and profiting from their positions.
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Ban Congressional stock trading: Ban Members of Congress from trading individual stocks, engaging in insider trading, and profiting from their positions.
Stand up to Big Money and fight private school voucher scams: Reject the voucher scams being pushed by billionaire mega-donors that defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthiest Americans.
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Stand up to Big Money and fight private school voucher scams: Reject the voucher scams being pushed by billionaire mega-donors that defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthiest Americans.
Restore access to reproductive health care in Texas: Codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can get the reproductive care they need and so that women are no longer dying needlessly due to Texas’ dangerous abortion ban.
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Restore access to reproductive health care in Texas: Codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can get the reproductive care they need and so that women are no longer dying needlessly due to Texas’ dangerous abortion ban.
Oppose censorship and protect the freedom of speech: Oppose book banning and cancel culture, pass the No Political Enemies Act to protect individuals and organizations from being targeted by the government for exercising their freedom of speech, and defend the freedom of the press.
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Oppose censorship and protect the freedom of speech: Oppose book banning and cancel culture, pass the No Political Enemies Act to protect individuals and organizations from being targeted by the government for exercising their freedom of speech, and defend the freedom of the press.
Reform the asylum system: Hire more immigration judges to clear the asylum backlog, root out fraud in the system so that only legitimate claims are approved, and ensure legitimate asylees receive protection quickly.
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Reform the asylum system: Hire more immigration judges to clear the asylum backlog, root out fraud in the system so that only legitimate claims are approved, and ensure legitimate asylees receive protection quickly.
Ensure AI data centers do not disrupt communities or raise energy costs for Americans: Guarantee large energy users like data centers fund the infrastructure improvements they need rather than passing those costs on to consumers, and support legislation to study the best ways for America to take advantage of the benefits of AI without disrupting communities.
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Ensure AI data centers do not disrupt communities or raise energy costs for Americans: Guarantee large energy users like data centers fund the infrastructure improvements they need rather than passing those costs on to consumers, and support legislation to study the best ways for America to take advantage of the benefits of AI without disrupting communities.
Leaders like Cesar Chavez built strong unions and a strong middle class. But corporations bribed politicians to weaken unions with “right-to-work” laws. On this Cesar Chavez Day, I’m introducing legislation to repeal “right-to-work” and let workers organize in Texas. #txlege
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Leaders like Cesar Chavez built strong unions and a strong middle class. But corporations bribed politicians to weaken unions with “right-to-work” laws. On this Cesar Chavez Day, I’m introducing legislation to repeal “right-to-work” and let workers organize in Texas. #txlege
Make energy more available, reliable, and affordable in Texas: Reinstate federal tax credits, loans, and other tools that diversify energy production and accelerate renewable energy development; streamline permitting processes for energy projects without compromising environmental protections; and make gasoline more affordable by investing in pipeline fortification and building supply chains for critical minerals and transformers.
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Make energy more available, reliable, and affordable in Texas: Reinstate federal tax credits, loans, and other tools that diversify energy production and accelerate renewable energy development; streamline permitting processes for energy projects without compromising environmental protections; and make gasoline more affordable by investing in pipeline fortification and building supply chains for critical minerals and transformers.
Require Members of Congress to hold annual town halls: Ensure officials are listening and responding to their constituents through yearly town halls in their district.
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Require Members of Congress to hold annual town halls: Ensure officials are listening and responding to their constituents through yearly town halls in their district.
Get government out of Americans’ private personal decisions: Restore reproductive freedom with federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF, protect the legality of gay marriage and defend our LGBTQ+ neighbors from government overreach, and legalize regulated marijuana for adults so that we no longer put people behind bars for a substance that is already legal in half the country.
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Get government out of Americans’ private personal decisions: Restore reproductive freedom with federal legislation to codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF, protect the legality of gay marriage and defend our LGBTQ+ neighbors from government overreach, and legalize regulated marijuana for adults so that we no longer put people behind bars for a substance that is already legal in half the country.
Create an employer sponsorship program focused specifically on lowering costs for Americans: Make it easier for businesses (particularly small businesses) to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower inflation.
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Create an employer sponsorship program focused specifically on lowering costs for Americans: Make it easier for businesses (particularly small businesses) to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower inflation.
Protect national security amid innovation: Pass legislation to enforce and strengthen export controls to keep advanced AI chips out of the hands of adversaries who would use them against us.
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Protect national security amid innovation: Pass legislation to enforce and strengthen export controls to keep advanced AI chips out of the hands of adversaries who would use them against us.
Strengthen law enforcement agencies: Ensure law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level have the resources necessary to investigate and prosecute criminals, and support strong investments in police training, oversight, and accountability.
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Strengthen law enforcement agencies: Ensure law enforcement agencies at the federal, state, and local level have the resources necessary to investigate and prosecute criminals, and support strong investments in police training, oversight, and accountability.
Raise wages and reward hard work: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, expand overtime eligibility, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker’s salary. Implement tax credits and subsidies to help small- and medium-sized businesses adapt to a minimum wage raise without cutting jobs or hours.
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Raise wages and reward hard work: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, expand overtime eligibility, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker’s salary. Implement tax credits and subsidies to help small- and medium-sized businesses adapt to a minimum wage raise without cutting jobs or hours.
Repeal unnecessary tariffs and support responsible trade: Roll back the Trump Administration’s tariff policies that are raising costs for American consumers and hurting Texas business owners, reject actions that risk escalating trade wars, and support trade partnerships that include strong protections for American workers.
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Repeal unnecessary tariffs and support responsible trade: Roll back the Trump Administration’s tariff policies that are raising costs for American consumers and hurting Texas business owners, reject actions that risk escalating trade wars, and support trade partnerships that include strong protections for American workers.
Provide emergency relief for Texas families struggling to pay their energy bills: Expand funding and eligibility for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps families pay their utility bills during times when energy costs are spiking.
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Provide emergency relief for Texas families struggling to pay their energy bills: Expand funding and eligibility for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps families pay their utility bills during times when energy costs are spiking.
Ban presidential pardons: Eliminate the broad power of presidential pardons that has been abused by presidents on both sides of the aisle.
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Ban presidential pardons: Eliminate the broad power of presidential pardons that has been abused by presidents on both sides of the aisle.
Increase wages for workers, not CEOs: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker’s salary.
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Increase wages for workers, not CEOs: Raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and incentivize CEOs to pay fair wages by creating a special tax on corporations that pay their top executives more than 250 times their median worker’s salary.
Improve standards on guest worker visas: Ensure strong labor standards on guest worker visas and crack down on employers who game the system to exploit immigrants or displace American workers and suppress their wages.
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Improve standards on guest worker visas: Ensure strong labor standards on guest worker visas and crack down on employers who game the system to exploit immigrants or displace American workers and suppress their wages.
Support survivors of crime: Expand funding for the Victims of Crime Act and Violence Against Women Act to better support survivors with financial, legal, housing, and counseling support.
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Support survivors of crime: Expand funding for the Victims of Crime Act and Violence Against Women Act to better support survivors with financial, legal, housing, and counseling support.
Even the playing field between giant corporations and small businesses: End the extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes so that we can help more entrepreneurs make their dreams a reality. Expand support for Community Development Financial Institutions and community banks to increase access to credit and capital, broaden eligibility for Small Business Administration loan programs, and support states in providing more equity investment and technical assistance for small businesses.
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Even the playing field between giant corporations and small businesses: End the extreme tax breaks that allow the largest corporations to pay $0 in federal income taxes so that we can help more entrepreneurs make their dreams a reality. Expand support for Community Development Financial Institutions and community banks to increase access to credit and capital, broaden eligibility for Small Business Administration loan programs, and support states in providing more equity investment and technical assistance for small businesses.
Deepen cooperation with NATO, the EU, and other allies: Encourage more — not less — cooperation with our foreign allies as a means to promote human rights, build more resilient supply chains to combat inflation, prevent nuclear proliferation, and protect America’s interests both at home and abroad.
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Deepen cooperation with NATO, the EU, and other allies: Encourage more — not less — cooperation with our foreign allies as a means to promote human rights, build more resilient supply chains to combat inflation, prevent nuclear proliferation, and protect America’s interests both at home and abroad.
Increase accountability for the Supreme Court: Implement term limits and a binding code of conduct for U.S. Supreme Court justices, including mandating rules for recusals, financial disclosures, and limitations on accepting gifts.
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Increase accountability for the Supreme Court: Implement term limits and a binding code of conduct for U.S. Supreme Court justices, including mandating rules for recusals, financial disclosures, and limitations on accepting gifts.
Ensure Americans can afford to retire: Fight tooth and nail against attacks on Medicare and Social Security, ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap on those earning over $400,000 a year, and incentivize employer-sponsored pensions.
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Ensure Americans can afford to retire: Fight tooth and nail against attacks on Medicare and Social Security, ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share into Social Security by eliminating the tax cap on those earning over $400,000 a year, and incentivize employer-sponsored pensions.
Make it easier for families to care for their aging loved ones: Increase access to eldercare by passing the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act to expand affordable home- and community-based care for seniors, and prioritize the development of a high-quality elder care workforce.
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Make it easier for families to care for their aging loved ones: Increase access to eldercare by passing the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act to expand affordable home- and community-based care for seniors, and prioritize the development of a high-quality elder care workforce.
Expand access to high-speed internet: Increase funding dedicated to expanding high-speed internet access across Texas to meet the federal government’s original $3.3 billion commitment to our state.
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Expand access to high-speed internet: Increase funding dedicated to expanding high-speed internet access across Texas to meet the federal government’s original $3.3 billion commitment to our state.
Restore investments in diplomacy and international development: Ensure the State Department is fully funded and staffed, reverse the unlawful dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and restore investments in programs that combat violence, famine, disease, and human suffering — recognizing that these investments are strategic to America’s interests.
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Restore investments in diplomacy and international development: Ensure the State Department is fully funded and staffed, reverse the unlawful dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and restore investments in programs that combat violence, famine, disease, and human suffering — recognizing that these investments are strategic to America’s interests.
Create jobs and grow our energy workforce: Add to Texas’ hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, and solar jobs by creating good-paying jobs for cutting-edge projects like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy, as well as finishing the job of plugging abandoned oil and gas wells. Maintain Texas’ energy leadership by establishing more job training and Registered Apprenticeship programs focused on energy engineering, manufacturing, and construction.
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Create jobs and grow our energy workforce: Add to Texas’ hundreds of thousands of oil, gas, wind, and solar jobs by creating good-paying jobs for cutting-edge projects like geothermal and hydrogen-fueled energy, as well as finishing the job of plugging abandoned oil and gas wells. Maintain Texas’ energy leadership by establishing more job training and Registered Apprenticeship programs focused on energy engineering, manufacturing, and construction.
Increase oversight and improve ethics at all levels of government: Defend against government efforts to ignore court rulings or dismantle checks and balances, and only confirm judicial appointees who meet the highest ethical standards and commit to upholding the Constitution.
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Increase oversight and improve ethics at all levels of government: Defend against government efforts to ignore court rulings or dismantle checks and balances, and only confirm judicial appointees who meet the highest ethical standards and commit to upholding the Constitution.
Defend the separation of church and state and continue to speak out against those who twist the meaning of faith to hurt our neighbors: Pass the Do No Harm Act to protect religious liberty and prevent religious discrimination; take vigorous action against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other faith-based hate crimes; and reject policies that force religion into neutral public spaces like schools, prisons, courts, and the military.
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Defend the separation of church and state and continue to speak out against those who twist the meaning of faith to hurt our neighbors: Pass the Do No Harm Act to protect religious liberty and prevent religious discrimination; take vigorous action against antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other faith-based hate crimes; and reject policies that force religion into neutral public spaces like schools, prisons, courts, and the military.
Support clear, fair rules for cryptocurrency: Bring digital assets within a clear regulatory structure so crypto companies play by the same rules as everyone else — protecting consumers from fraud while letting legitimate innovation thrive.
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Support clear, fair rules for cryptocurrency: Bring digital assets within a clear regulatory structure so crypto companies play by the same rules as everyone else — protecting consumers from fraud while letting legitimate innovation thrive.
Legalize regulated marijuana for adults: Ensure law enforcement is focused on going after violent crime and not low-level marijuana offenses, expunge criminal arrest records related to marijuana use, and regulate and impose taxes on its sale to support public safety and health programs.
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Legalize regulated marijuana for adults: Ensure law enforcement is focused on going after violent crime and not low-level marijuana offenses, expunge criminal arrest records related to marijuana use, and regulate and impose taxes on its sale to support public safety and health programs.
Take urgent action to support peace in the Middle East: Protect innocent life by stopping offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government while supporting defensive systems like the Iron Dome alongside agreements that American funds will not be used to harm civilians; use all of America’s financial and diplomatic leverage to secure a two-state solution that disarms Hamas, establishes a democratic Palestinian state, halts Israel’s illegal settlements, and respects the sovereignty of both nations; and promote long-term regional cooperation to defend American interests against adversaries like Iran.
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Take urgent action to support peace in the Middle East: Protect innocent life by stopping offensive weapons sales to the Netanyahu government while supporting defensive systems like the Iron Dome alongside agreements that American funds will not be used to harm civilians; use all of America’s financial and diplomatic leverage to secure a two-state solution that disarms Hamas, establishes a democratic Palestinian state, halts Israel’s illegal settlements, and respects the sovereignty of both nations; and promote long-term regional cooperation to defend American interests against adversaries like Iran.
Protect the air we breathe and the water we drink: Prioritize strengthening the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
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Protect the air we breathe and the water we drink: Prioritize strengthening the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.
Lower health care and prescription drug costs: Create a federal public health insurance option that competes with private insurance, institute caps on out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs, reinstate the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s enhanced premium tax credits, increase price transparency and Medicare’s negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approvals of generics, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they’re not up-charging patients.
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Lower health care and prescription drug costs: Create a federal public health insurance option that competes with private insurance, institute caps on out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving drugs, reinstate the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s enhanced premium tax credits, increase price transparency and Medicare’s negotiating power to ensure fair pricing, incentivize the development and approvals of generics, and regulate pharmacy benefit managers to ensure they’re not up-charging patients.
Invest in strong reentry programs: Invest in job training, housing, and treatment that reduce recidivism and provide formerly incarcerated people with the tools they need to successfully rejoin their communities
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Invest in strong reentry programs: Invest in job training, housing, and treatment that reduce recidivism and provide formerly incarcerated people with the tools they need to successfully rejoin their communities
Support workers’ right to unionize: Pass the PRO Act so that all working people have the freedom to join together and negotiate with their employers for better wages and working conditions.
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Support workers’ right to unionize: Pass the PRO Act so that all working people have the freedom to join together and negotiate with their employers for better wages and working conditions.
Ensure Ukraine remains free and independent: Support measures that enable America, Ukraine, and our European partners to negotiate from a position of strength to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security, protect the stability of Europe, and hold Russia accountable for the cost of its aggression.
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Ensure Ukraine remains free and independent: Support measures that enable America, Ukraine, and our European partners to negotiate from a position of strength to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security, protect the stability of Europe, and hold Russia accountable for the cost of its aggression.
Prepare for extreme weather events and support those impacted by them: Cut red tape so more Texans can benefit from the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program, expand eligibility for FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program to help fortify at-risk homes and businesses, and more effectively provide assistance after disasters like Hurricane Harvey instead of leaving families in crisis.
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Prepare for extreme weather events and support those impacted by them: Cut red tape so more Texans can benefit from the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program, expand eligibility for FEMA’s Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program to help fortify at-risk homes and businesses, and more effectively provide assistance after disasters like Hurricane Harvey instead of leaving families in crisis.
Lower housing costs: Stop corporate landlords from engaging in market manipulation to artificially hike rents, ban Wall Street from buying up housing stock to enrich wealthy investors while making it harder for families to afford homes, expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, repeal outdated red tape that hinders the construction of housing, support legislation to lower property insurance costs, and create a federal task force charged with helping communities use quality, cost-effective options like factory-built “modular” homes to speed up construction timelines.
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Lower housing costs: Stop corporate landlords from engaging in market manipulation to artificially hike rents, ban Wall Street from buying up housing stock to enrich wealthy investors while making it harder for families to afford homes, expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, repeal outdated red tape that hinders the construction of housing, support legislation to lower property insurance costs, and create a federal task force charged with helping communities use quality, cost-effective options like factory-built “modular” homes to speed up construction timelines.
Keep more jobs in Texas with fair trade policies, not counterproductive tariffs: Repeal the Trump Administration’s overly broad tariffs that are hurting consumers and businesses. Instead, advocate for and approve trade deal protections that prevent foreign competitors from undercutting American workers by exploiting weak labor laws abroad.
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Keep more jobs in Texas with fair trade policies, not counterproductive tariffs: Repeal the Trump Administration’s overly broad tariffs that are hurting consumers and businesses. Instead, advocate for and approve trade deal protections that prevent foreign competitors from undercutting American workers by exploiting weak labor laws abroad.
Stand up for human rights: Use our international influence to defend persecuted people around the world, including by taking action to stop human rights abuses, such as those suffered by the Uyghurs, Rohingya, and Sudanese.
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Stand up for human rights: Use our international influence to defend persecuted people around the world, including by taking action to stop human rights abuses, such as those suffered by the Uyghurs, Rohingya, and Sudanese.
Lower grocery costs: Stand up to attacks against SNAP and WIC, increase oversight into mergers and acquisitions that artificially jack up prices, remove tariffs on produce that can’t be grown in the United States, and reduce barriers to entry for new grocery providers to increase market competition.
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Lower grocery costs: Stand up to attacks against SNAP and WIC, increase oversight into mergers and acquisitions that artificially jack up prices, remove tariffs on produce that can’t be grown in the United States, and reduce barriers to entry for new grocery providers to increase market competition.
Reduce labor shortages and bring down costs with smart immigration policies that don’t harm American workers: Make it easier for small businesses to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower costs. Ensure strong labor standards on those visas and crack down on employers who game the system to displace American workers or suppress their wages.
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Reduce labor shortages and bring down costs with smart immigration policies that don’t harm American workers: Make it easier for small businesses to hire migrant workers in sectors like housing construction and agriculture to reduce labor shortages, address supply chain issues, and lower costs. Ensure strong labor standards on those visas and crack down on employers who game the system to displace American workers or suppress their wages.
Repeal the Trump tariffs: Repeal the Trump tariffs that are making everything — from groceries to cars to clothing — more expensive.
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Repeal the Trump tariffs: Repeal the Trump tariffs that are making everything — from groceries to cars to clothing — more expensive.
Complete configured Texas Legislature journal record with selected highlights
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Coverage: January 11, 2023 through September 3, 2025These are descriptive counts from captured official records, not an ideology, effectiveness, or intent score. Subject labels are navigation aids assigned from official measure text. A vote does not establish why the candidate voted that way or support for every provision in a measure.
See all 6,454 recordsYeas 96, Nays 30, Present not voting 1
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting yes in the official record for the motion prevailed by (record 167): 96 yeas, 30 nays, 1 present, not voting..
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Amend CSHB 1 (senate committee report) in SECTION 5 of the bill, by striking added Section 141.0091(c), Health and Safety Code, and substituting the following:
Amend CSHB 1 (senate committee report) in SECTION 5 of the bill, by striking added Section 141.0091(c), Health and Safety Code, and substituting the following: (c) The executive commissioner by rule shall require a youth camp operator to, at each youth camp the operator operates: (1) maintain an operable radio capable of providing real-time weather alerts issued by the National Weather Service or a similar professional weather service at the camp; (2) install and maintain at the camp an emergency warning system that: (A) is capable of alerting all campers and camp occupants of an emergency; and (B) includes a public address system operable without reliance on an Internet connection; (3) monitor safety alerts issued: (A) by the National Weather Service or a similar professional weather service; and (B) by local river authorities, if applicable to the camp, or through other local emergency notification systems; and (4) certify the operator's compliance with this subsection. PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE At 11:23 p.m., Representative Geren moved that, at the conclusion of the receipt of messages, the signing of bills and resolutions, and administrative actions, the house stand adjourned sine die in memory of the Honorable Jodie Anne Laubenberg of Collin County.
The motion prevailed by (Record 167): 96 Yeas, 30 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hefner; Hickland; Hinojosa; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Johnson; King; Kitzman; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Lujan; Manuel; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Moody; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Shaheen; Simmons; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Talarico — YES
Yeas 120, Nays 4, Present not voting 1
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting yes in the official record for sb 1 was passed by (record 164): 120 yeas, 4 nays, 1 present, not voting..
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SB 1, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to campground and youth camp safety.
SB 1 was passed by (Record 164): 120 Yeas, 4 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; DeAyala; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Talarico — YES
Yeas 80, Nays 28, Present not voting 1
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting no in the official record for hr 128, as amended, was adopted by (record 162): 80 yeas, 28 nays, 1 present, not voting..
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HR 128, as amended, was adopted by (Record 162): 80 Yeas, 28 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Nays — Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Cole; Collier; Dutton; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; Goodwin; Hinojosa; Howard; Lalani; Lopez, R.; Manuel; Meza; Moody; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Turner; Walle; Ward Johnson; Zwiener.
Talarico — NO
Yeas 129, Nays 0, Present not voting 2
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting yes in the official record for the motion to adopt the conference committee report on sb 5 prevailed by (record 161): 129 yeas, 0 nays, 2 present, not voting..
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SB 5 - CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ADOPTED
The motion to adopt the conference committee report on SB 5 prevailed by (Record 161): 129 Yeas, 0 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Alders; Allen; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Bryant; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; González, J.; González, M.; Goodwin; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Meza; Money; Moody; Morgan; Muñoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener.
Talarico — YES
Yeas 86, Nays 46, Present not voting 2
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting no in the official record for sb 54 was passed by (record 153): 86 yeas, 46 nays, 2 present, not voting..
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SB 54, A bill to be entitled An Act relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
SB 54 was passed by (Record 153): 86 Yeas, 46 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Nays — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.
Talarico — NO
Yeas 85, Nays 45, Present not voting 2
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting no in the official record for amendment no. 1, as amended, was adopted by (record 148): 85 yeas, 45 nays, 2 present, not voting..
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Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
Amendment No. 1 - Point of Order Representative Martinez Fischer raised a point of order against further consideration of Amendment No. 1 under Article III, Section 40, of the Texas Constitution on the grounds that the subject matter of the amendment is not included in the field of legislation designated by the governor's proclamation. The point of order was withdrawn. Amendment No. 6 Representative Bucy offered the following amendment to Amendment No. 1: Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 on page 2, lines 12 through 14, by striking "the per diem set by the Texas Ethics Commission for each day of a regular or special legislative session under Section 24a(e), Article III, Texas Constitution" and substituting "$2 million". Amendment No. 6 failed of adoption by (Record 146): 44 Yeas, 85 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. Yeas — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu. Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson. Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C). Absent, Excused — Anchía; Dean; González, J.; Guerra; Jones, J.; Manuel; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Plesa; Reynolds; Zwiener. Absent — Campos; Davis, A.; Flores; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Jones, V.; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos. Amendment No. 7 Representative Goodwin offered the following amendment to Amendment No. 1: Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 as follows: On page 4, immediately following line 22, insert the following: Sec. 301.109. FALSE STATEMENT OF FACTS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A member of the legislature who reports or files a statement of facts under Section 301.074(e) alleging conduct that did not occur is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each statement reported or filed that is determined to not be true. (b) A person against whom a statement of facts is reported or filed that is determined to not be true under Subsection (a) may bring an action to recover the civil penalty under that subsection. Amendment No. 7 failed of adoption by (Record 147): 44 Yeas, 85 Nays, 2 Present, not voting. Yeas — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu. Nays — Alders; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bonnen; Buckley; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Capriglione; Cook; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dyson; Fairly; Frank; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Guillen; Harless; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hickland; Holt; Hopper; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Lopez, J.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Lujan; Luther; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Morgan; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Phelan; Pierson; Richardson; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Tepper; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Wharton; Wilson. Present, not voting — Mr. Speaker; Harris(C). Absent, Excused — Anchía; Dean; González, J.; Guerra; Jones, J.; Manuel; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Plesa; Reynolds; Zwiener. Absent — Campos; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; González, M.; Jones, V.; Moody; Morales, C.; Rodríguez Ramos. Amendment No. 8 Representatives Bucy and Little offered the following amendment to Amendment No. 1: Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 by striking all below the enacting clause and substituting the following: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 253.034, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 253.034. RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS DURING AND FOLLOWING [REGULAR] LEGISLATIVE SESSION. SECTION 2. Section 253.034, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (a-1) and amending Subsections (b) and (c) to read as follows: (a-1) During the period beginning on the date a special legislative session convenes and continuing through the date of final adjournment of the special legislative session, a person may not knowingly make a political contribution to: (1) a statewide officeholder; (2) a member of the legislature; or (3) a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the legislature. (b) A statewide officeholder, a member of the legislature, or a specific-purpose committee for supporting, opposing, or assisting a statewide officeholder or member of the legislature may not knowingly accept a political contribution, and shall refuse a political contribution that is received, during an applicable [the] period prescribed by Subsection (a) or (a-1). A political contribution that is received and refused during that period shall be returned to the contributor not later than the 30th day after the date of receipt. A contribution made by United States mail or by common or contract carrier is not considered received during that period if it was properly addressed and placed with postage or carrier charges prepaid or prearranged in the mail or delivered to the contract carrier before the beginning of the period. The date indicated by the post office cancellation mark or the common or contract carrier documents is considered to be the date the contribution was placed in the mail or delivered to the common or contract carrier unless proven otherwise. (c) This section does not apply to a political contribution that was made and accepted with the intent that it be used: (1) in an election held or ordered during a [the] period prescribed by Subsection (a) or (a-1) in which the person accepting the contribution is a candidate if the contribution was made after the person appointed a campaign treasurer with the appropriate authority and before the person was sworn in for that office; (2) to defray expenses incurred in connection with an election contest; or (3) by a person who holds a state office or a member of the legislature if the person or member was defeated at the general election held immediately before the session is convened or by a specific-purpose political committee that supports or assists only that person or member. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to a political contribution made on or after the effective date of this Act. A political contribution made before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contribution was made, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session. Amendment No. 8 - Point of Order Representative Vasut raised a point of order against further consideration of Amendment No. 8 under Rule 11, Section 2, of the House Rules on the grounds that the amendment is not germane. (Landgraf in the chair) The point of order was withdrawn. Amendment No. 8 was withdrawn.
Amendment No. 1, as amended, was adopted by (Record 148): 85 Yeas, 45 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Nays — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.
Talarico — NO
Yeas 44, Nays 85, Present not voting 2
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting yes in the official record for amendment no. 7 failed of adoption by (record 147): 44 yeas, 85 nays, 2 present, not voting..
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Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 on page 2, lines 12 through 14, by striking "the per diem set by the Texas Ethics Commission for each day of a regular or special legislative session under Section 24a(e), Article III, Texas Constitution" and substituting "$2 million".
Amendment No. 7 Representative Goodwin offered the following amendment to Amendment No. 1: Amend Amendment No. 1 by Shaheen to HB 18 as follows: On page 4, immediately following line 22, insert the following: Sec. 301.109. FALSE STATEMENT OF FACTS; CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A member of the legislature who reports or files a statement of facts under Section 301.074(e) alleging conduct that did not occur is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $5,000 for each statement reported or filed that is determined to not be true. (b) A person against whom a statement of facts is reported or filed that is determined to not be true under Subsection (a) may bring an action to recover the civil penalty under that subsection.
Amendment No. 7 failed of adoption by (Record 147): 44 Yeas, 85 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Yeas — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.
Talarico — YES
Yeas 85, Nays 47, Present not voting 2
JAMES TALARICO is recorded as voting no in the official record for amendment no. 5 was adopted by (record 145): 85 yeas, 47 nays, 2 present, not voting..
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HB 18 - (consideration continued)
Amendment No. 5 - Point of Order Representative Dutton raised a point of order against further consideration of Amendment No. 5 under Article III, Section 40, of the Texas Constitution. The speaker overruled the point of order, announcing his decision to the house as follows: Mr. Dutton raises a point of order against further consideration of the Little Amendment under Article III, Section 40, Texas Constitution on the grounds that the subject matter of the amendment is not included in the field of legislation designated by the governor's proclamation. The chair previously held that the class embraced by the bill is individual members and special-purpose political committees which operate as members' alter ego. 89 H. Jour. 2d C.S. 363 (2025). It follows that since special-purpose political committees operate as alter egos for legislators, they are encompassed within the governor's call language of "legislation to impose penalties or punishments for legislators who willfully absent themselves during a session." The pending amendment applies to a legislative caucus only if the caucus "also has a principal purpose of a special-purpose committee." Just as special-purpose committees are encompassed within the governor's call, so are legislative caucuses as defined by the amendment. Thus, the amendment falls within the governor's call. Accordingly, the point of order is respectfully overruled.
Amendment No. 5 was adopted by (Record 145): 85 Yeas, 47 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.
Nays — Allen; Bernal; Bhojani; Bowers; Bryant; Bucy; Canales; Cole; Collier; Cortez; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dutton; Flores; Gámez; Garcia, L.; Garcia Hernandez; Gervin-Hawkins; González, M.; Goodwin; Hernandez; Hinojosa; Howard; Johnson; Lalani; Longoria; Lopez, R.; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; Meza; Moody; Muñoz; Ordaz; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Raymond; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Simmons; Talarico; Thompson; Turner; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wu.
Talarico — NO
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Candidate ID: S6TX00479
Name: TALARICO, JAMES
Office: Senate
State: TX
District: Texas
Coverage start: 2025-09-08
Coverage end: 2026-06-30
Total receipts: $68555930.42
Total disbursements: $47007775.34
Cash on hand: $21548155.08
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
Candidate contributions: $0.00
Loans made by candidate: $0.00
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