James Talarico

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535 roll-call votes on record - 390 yes, 43 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Latest coverage: “Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting, AP analysis shows” (WPLG Local 10, Oct 21, 2026) - one of 89 stories across the spectrum (Left 17 · Center 18 · Right 7). coverage, lean labeled ↗
Serves as State Representative, District 50 (Texas) since Jan 2023. github.com ↗

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The record

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535

Roll-call votes on record.

535 votes · 390 yes · 97 excused · 43 no · 5 absent. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Sep 3, 2025

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

Occupational Regulation10 votes · yes on 6, no on 2, 2 other

Special Districts9 votes · yes on 6, no on 0, 3 other

Public Notice7 votes · yes on 4, no on 1, 2 other

Elections7 votes · yes on 3, no on 3, 1 other

Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)6 votes · yes on 3, no on 1, 2 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESRelating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.HB 20 · Sep 3, 2025

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesVery Liberal

More liberal than 95% of Texas House members

Details

Score−1.53 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.55 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.98)

Compared with516 members of Texas House members (1993–2022)

Covers2019–2022

● This person Democrats (230) Republicans (286)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsLiberal

More liberal than 80% of 2022 Texas House candidates

Details

Score−0.85 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median1.72 more liberal than the Independent median in this group (+0.87)

Compared with549 members of 2022 Texas House candidates

Covers2018–2022

● This person Democrats (139) Republicans (188) Independents (222)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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