Christian Nationalism
James Talarico, guest speaker (video message)
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Texas State Representative, former middle school teacher, proud progressive, and eighth generation Texan, James Talarico delivered a sermon on October 22nd, 2023, at his home church about the dangers of Christian Nationalism. It has been viewed 686,100 times. The Worship Team thought we might find it interesting to say the least and his office gave their permission for us to use it as our discourse next week.
About our guest speaker:
Talarico was born at Round Rock Hospital in Williamson County, Texas, to Tamara Causey and was later adopted by Mark Talarico. He has a younger sister. He attended Round Rock ISD schools and graduated from McNeil High School in Williamson County.
Talarico earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin, where he organized students for tuition relief. Talarico was a member of the Friar Society, the Univers ity of Texas’s oldest honor society.He later earned a Master of Arts degree in education policy from Harvard University.
In August 2022, while a member of the Texas House of Representatives, Talarico began pursuing a Master of Divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which he is set to complete in 2025.
At 28, Talarico won both the special and general elections against Republican Cynthia Flores in 2018. Talarico was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes during a five-day stint in the ICU after a 2018 campaign event where he walked 25 miles. In response, he passed a bill which caps prices at $25 for each insulin prescription per month. At the end of the legislative session, he was named one of the Best Legislators by Texas Monthly magazine.
After his district was made significantly more Republican during the 2020 redistricting process, Talarico announced that he would run in the neighboring House District 50, a safe Democratic seat being vacated by Rep. Celia Israel.
He won the primary election with 78.5 percent of the vote and won the general election with 76.8 percent of the vote.
READ MORE about James Talarico in this 06/16/2023 issue of Politico Magazine
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