James Talarico has stated positions and cast votes on a range of issues.
Positions and votes reported in his record and campaign materials include:
- Marriage: his campaign supports the right of every American to marry who they love
- Health care costs: authored the Texas $25 insulin copay cap
- Education: focused on public school funding, mental health and smaller prekindergarten classes
- Transgender athletes: voted in 2021 against bills restricting transgender students in girls’ and women’s sports
- Gender care for minors: says he opposes surgeries for minors; voted against S.B. 14 in 2023, which his campaign said also affected care for children with certain genetic conditions
- Religion in schools: questioned a 2024 bill requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Sources
Texas House of Representatives biography; Gray News, March 2026; LGBTQ Nation, July 2026; Washington Examiner, May 2026. Information current as of October 2026.
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