If this story is on point, then Talarico violated Texas law to get put on the ballot as a progressive to potentially gain a blue seat upset in Texas.
I didn’t know this, but Talarico lost his seat because of redistricting and did not live in the district he is currently running for. So, what does he do? Move in with his mom, who lives in the district. Smart move, but he didn’t check the law in Texas. You have to live at least a year in the district you are running for. He did not live there for a year.
Basically, he broke the law, and I can’t imagine the GOP letting this slide. It seems to be new news, so the hammer has not come down yet. Can’t wait to see the results. All IMO.
“There was one detail Talarico seemed to have overlooked. He didn’t live in the Austin district. No worries. Mom to the rescue.
In early December 2021 (eight days before the candidate filing deadline), the Democrat registered to vote at his mother’s home address in Austin, according to Texas voter registration files. There’s no evidence, sources say, that Talarico lived at his mother’s home during the period. Even if he did, the candidate would have to have resided there for at least a year before launching his House campaign.
The Texas Constitution is clear: Candidates running for Texas House seats must have resided in the state for two years prior to the election, and at least one year in the districts they’re running to represent.
In 2022, after running in the party primary and listing his mother’s address on his election forms, Talarico purchased a home at 1402 Manford Hill Drive in Austin — in the 50th House District. The three-bedroom property, built in 1972, boasts an assessed value of $407,500, according to Zillow.com.
Talarico’s campaign did not return The Federalist’s request for comment.
But the would-be preacher who in 2021 described himself as “a Christian who hates Christianity” while pandering to “a “nonbinary, transgender, Latinx theologian on the autistic spectrum,” had plenty to say about Paxton after a hit piece accused Paxton of using “an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May’s runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator.”
Left-leaning outlets, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, took great pains to magnify Paxton’s messy divorce filing and report that the Republican Senate candidate no longer lives with his estranged wife. More so, the Texas Tribune story bashes Paxton for taking on voter fraud and reminding the public that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records or to establish a residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election.” It relies on sources like left-wing election law advocate David Becker.
Despite his own apparent scoffing of Texas political residency requirements, Talarico recently hammered Paxton on the campaign trail, accusing him of voter fraud.
“As our state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton has gone on a voter fraud witch hunt,” Talarico said during a campaign event over the weekend in Houston, according to The Texas Tribune. “Turns out, he was committing voter fraud the whole time, voting illegally in six elections in a row from the wrong address.” Of course, the publication promoted its hit piece in reporting on Talarico’s comments.
Election and property records suggest the Democrat who once called God “nonbinary” has failed to notice the beam in his own eye. Talarico has hidden himself in part from disclosure by hiding behind a Texas privacy law that allows certain politicians and law enforcement officials to shield their voter registration records from the public.
“Talarico’s campaign said he lives and is registered at the north Austin home he purchased in 2022. ProPublica and the Tribune were not able to independently confirm this,”