James Talarico does not live in the district he represents.
Posted by The Michael Berry Show, Checked
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The Michael Berry ShowSep 15, 2026
The sources report that Talarico listed his parents' Austin address on his voter registration and did not update it until September 2024, after buying a home nearby, and his campaign says he lives at a north Austin home he owns.
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… And somewhere on the spectrum where he is, I'm not sure which of the six genders he is, but it's not normal. 37-year-old unmarried man shares a bank account with his mother, claims to live with her, doesn't actually live with her anymore, just claims to because she lives in the district and he doesn't. That's voter fraud. That is old-fashioned, what we call voter fraud. But meanwhile, he's got to get black voters, but he also, in the Timmy Waltz jazz hands sort of way, the old ball coach who loves to hunt in between going to China and being, well, you …
The Michael Berry Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Context. ProPublica and the Texas Tribune found Talarico voted in five elections using his parents' address after buying a home for himself nearby, a practice that may have violated state voting laws.[3][4][5]
Context. Talarico's campaign told the newsrooms he currently lives and is registered to vote at the north Austin home he owns; the new address is redacted, so its district is not stated.[3][4][5]
Context. The Texas House profile lists Talarico as representing District 50 in Travis County for the 2025–2027 term, but no source places his own residence outside that district.[1][2]
Context. The Dallas Express and Yahoo coverage raise questions about residency timing after the November 2021 constitutional deadline, but they do not establish where he lives now relative to district lines.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 4 not rated
- 1Member profile for James Talaricolrl.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Official Home Page of the Texas House of Representatives ...house.texas.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 3James Talarico Accused Ken Paxton of Voter Fraud. His Own ...propublica.org · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 4James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of voter fraud. His own ...texastribune.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5Talarico's voter fraud accusation puts his own record in spotlightchron.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6What James Talarico Has Done for His Own Neighbors - Xx.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Records Raise Questions About James Talarico's 2021 ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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