James Talarico on crime
Updated 9 Oct 2026 · sources up to 8 Oct 2026
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Earlier material (before the 2026 contest)
OWN WORDS CNN, as posted on nrsc.org, quotes James Talarico (said in 2020; reported 2026-10-05): “As an educator, it’s always rich to me that ‘defund the police’ is considered off-limits in our political debate, when defunding health services, defunding public education has been the stated policy of our state government for decades now,” … “You know, a hashtag like defund the police is getting people all riled up in my community,” nrsc.org · ICYMI: What James Talarico told a pro-defund the police gro… · 2026-10-05 nrsc.org · ICYMI: What James Talarico told a pro-defund the police gro… · 2026-10-05
Speaker: James Talarico, as the source says · Source: nrsc.org (party committee).
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What others report
REPORTED ABOUT NRSC writes (only the words in inner quotation marks are James Talarico’s) (published 2026-03-04): “Talarico’s campaign for the redistribution of wealth has been compared to similar efforts by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Talarico does not support state or local police assisting federal immigration law enforcement. Talarico said that he will ‘firmly oppose any attempts’ to keep biological men out of women’s bathrooms.” NRSC · NRSC Statement on Texas Senate Primary Races · 2026-03-04
Source: NRSC (party committee) · quotes Talarico.
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REPORTED ABOUT DeVory Darkins posted a video (automatic captions; the speaker is not identified): (published 2026-07-20) “Anyways, so Ken Paxton said not a soul looks at James Talarico and thinks, 'Now there's a guy who will be tough on the cartel.'” [auto-caption] DeVory Darkins · video · 12:47
Source: DeVory Darkins (video channel) · speaker not identified.