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Talarico for Texas, Rural Investment
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<p><b>Every Texas community contributes to this state’s success. But not every community is being given the opportunity to share in it. </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Our leaders have turned their backs on rural Texas — failing to keep rural hospitals from shuttering, stand up to the private school voucher scams that are siphoning off funding from rural public schools, or make the basic investments needed to ensure that rural businesses can thrive and young people can find a job close to home.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400">I’m going to keep showing up and listening to rural Texans. </span><b>Because I’m going to be a Senator for </b><b><i>every </i></b><b>Texan.</b></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wichita Falls hasn’t voted for a Democrat in nearly 40 years.</p>
<p>But that didn’t stop a huge crowd from showing up for <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestalarico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamesTalarico</a>. <a href="https://t.co/hL4phHF25x">pic.twitter.com/hL4phHF25x</a></p>
<p>— Team Talarico (@TeamTalaricoHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTalaricoHQ/status/1991296449766666247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amarillo is one of the reddest towns in Texas.</p>
<p>But I showed up because our campaign is not writing off any community.</p>
<p>It was standing room only. <a href="https://t.co/biiJVpAvIa">pic.twitter.com/biiJVpAvIa</a></p>
<p>— James Talarico (@jamestalarico) <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestalarico/status/1986228602837606538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huge crowd for <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestalarico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jamestalarico</a> in deep red San Angelo, TX!</p>
<p>This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat since LBJ, but they showed up for Talarico. <a href="https://t.co/ThAK6fztrk">pic.twitter.com/ThAK6fztrk</a></p>
<p>— Team Talarico (@TeamTalaricoHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/TeamTalaricoHQ/status/1977748467238748366?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Standing room only at <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestalarico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JamesTalarico</a>’s rally in deep red Longview, Texas tonight.</p>
<p>I’ve lived in the area for my whole life… I’ve never seen a crowd like this. <a href="https://t.co/5lf7m37eHN">pic.twitter.com/5lf7m37eHN</a></p>
<p>— Mason Reid (@Masonreid54) <a href="https://twitter.com/Masonreid54/status/1968517746175414532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great crowd for <a href="https://twitter.com/jamestalarico?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jamestalarico</a> in the small town of Hillsboro, TX! </p>
<p>The organizers said it was the biggest crowd they’ve ever seen at a political event in deep-red Hillsboro.</p>
<p>This is how we win Texas. <a href="https://t.co/89YawurAAF">pic.twitter.com/89YawurAAF</a></p>
<p>— Antonio Esparza (@AntonioAEsparza) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntonioAEsparza/status/1959747016898277778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 24, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
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<li><b></b><b>Repeal policies that are hurting Texas farmers and ranchers: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Oppose the Argentina beef buyout and remove the Trump Administration’s tariffs on farm inputs like equipment and fertilizer that are making Texas agricultural production more expensive — as well as those on produce that have sparked retaliatory tariffs on key agricultural exports.</span></li>
<li><b>Save rural hospitals: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Prioritize recruiting and retaining rural healthcare workers, improve Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement rates to more swiftly deliver payments to hospitals, and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400">make sure rural hospitals have the funding they need to continue to serve as vital employers and health care providers.</span></li>
<li><b>Reject private school voucher scams: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Oppose the federal voucher scam being pushed by billionaires like Betsy DeVos — which would defund public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy, disproportionately harming rural areas where public schools are the community’s largest employer.</span></li>
<li><b>Help young people stay and contribute to their hometowns: </b><span style="font-weight: 400">Dedicate technical support toward economic and community development activities that address gaps in job opportunities, child care, internet connectivity, and housing that are pushing many young families out of rural communities.</span></li>
<li><b>Expand access to high-speed internet:</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> Increase funding dedicated to expanding high-speed internet access across Texas to meet the federal government’s original $3.3 billion commitment to our state. </span></li>
<li><b>Support a strong agricultural workforce:</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> Expand workforce development to train new workers in the industry, support farmer-to-farmer programs, and help farmers and ranchers lower food costs for Americans by responsibly hiring migrant workers when they can’t find Americans to fill their jobs — including by simplifying the H-2A visa program application and ensuring strong labor standards on those visas so that employers do not game the system to displace American workers and suppress their wages.</span></li>
<li><b>Expand water access: </b>Make it easier for rural communities to access low-interest loans and grants for constructing or upgrading water systems.</li>
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<li><b>Protected rural hospitals </b><span style="font-weight: 400">by approving the </span><span style="font-weight: 400">establishment of the State Office of Rural Hospital Finance and the Texas Rural Hospital Officers Academy.</span><b></b></li>
<li><b>Led the fight</b><b> against private school vouchers</b><span style="font-weight: 400"> that are defunding rural public schools to subsidize private education for the wealthy.</span></li>
<li><b>Supported farmers and ranchers </b><span style="font-weight: 400">by </span><span style="font-weight: 400">growing the agriculture grant program and establishing a financial assistance program dedicated to pest and disease control</span><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></li>
<li><b>Expanded rural broadband access </b><span style="font-weight: 400">by establishing the </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund.</span><b></b></li>
<li><b>Improved rural water access </b><span style="font-weight: 400">by appropriating </span><span style="font-weight: 400">up to $1 billion to provide stable, annual funding to support water infrastructure development and upkeep</span><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></li>
<li><b>Increased economic prosperity in rural communities </b>by voting to expand and modernize the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program.</li>
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