James Talarico

Talarico says health care is a human right and supports a public Medicare option, lower prescription drug costs, stronger ACA protections, prior-authorization reform, rural hospital support, and relief from medical debt. His campaign also says he has already helped cap insulin copays in Texas and enabled cheaper drug imports from Canada.

Talarico supports restoring abortion access and broader reproductive care, including codifying Roe v. Wade and protecting contraception and IVF. His campaign says Texas women should not be dying from the state abortion ban, and his health-care page ties that position to restoring reproductive health care in Texas.

Talarico says he wants to lower costs for working families by ending billionaire tax breaks, closing loopholes such as carried interest and luxury-item write-offs, and raising taxes on corporations and stock buybacks to fund family-focused priorities. His campaign also emphasizes higher wages, expanded tax credits, and lower costs for housing, health care, groceries, and energy.

Talarico supports stronger public schools, higher teacher pay, universal Pre-K, universal childcare for 3- and 4-year-olds, paid family leave, expanded school meals, and classroom AI guidelines. He also opposes private school vouchers and says public education should be a central state and federal priority.

Talarico supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy that includes oil, gas, wind, solar, geothermal, and hydrogen, while strengthening the grid, weatherizing infrastructure, and preventing price gouging. He also says Texas should prepare better for climate disasters and protect consumers from higher costs caused by large energy users such as AI data centers.

Talarico supports regulating social media and AI with consumer- and worker-protection rules while preserving innovation. He wants safeguards for kids online, algorithmic impact assessments, limits on invasive workplace AI surveillance, transparency and human review for automated decisions, and rules to keep AI data centers from raising household energy costs.

Talarico supports comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while expanding legal immigration pathways. His campaign says ICE should prioritize criminals, gang members, and human traffickers, and it backs legalization pathways for long-term undocumented immigrants, temporary work permits for some recent arrivals, modernized ports of entry, and asylum reform.

Talarico says he rejects isolationism and wants to work with allies through diplomacy to avoid unnecessary wars. He supports defending Ukraine, restoring diplomacy and international development, deepening cooperation with NATO and the EU, and using U.S. leverage to pursue peace in Israel and Palestine while protecting civilians.

Talarico says he supports the Second Amendment but also universal background checks, stronger action against gun traffickers, secure storage around children, and raising the purchase age for certain semi-automatic rifles. He opposes permitless carry and says public safety also depends on mental health care, housing, addiction treatment, and youth services.

Talarico links social justice to public safety and supports survivors, police accountability, juvenile-justice reform, and investments in education, housing, and treatment. His campaign highlights protections for sexual-assault and domestic-violence survivors and efforts to end abuses in the juvenile justice system.

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Talarico’s local-issues emphasis centers on Texas families, especially education, childcare, and affordability. His campaign highlights universal childcare for 3- and 4-year-olds, paid family leave, expanded public-school funding and meals, and classroom AI guidelines.