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Talarico’s Unlikely Texas Senate Run | US News
James Talarico, a Democrat running for Senate in Texas, is navigating a firestorm over past fiery sermons—including one declaring “God is Not a Christian”—where he criticized Christian nationalism and likened extremist interpretations of Christianity to a “gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying fascist.” Despite backlash and GOP attacks, he’s staying in the race, buoyed by surprising support from Latino, Black, female, and working-class voters—demographics that typically lean Republican. Polls show an incredibly tight contest, defying expectations in red-state Texas and proving how fluid…
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