James Talarico, a Texas state rep. and seminary student, is gaining fans in a party desperate for new leaders.

State Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat based in Austin, continued his schedule of news media interviews, sitting down with ...

Because he's not generally on the national stage, state Rep. James Talarico thought the emailed invitation to be on Joe Rogan's podcast was a phishing scam. But the podcaster did want to talk to the ...