State Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) has entered the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican John Cornyn. Talarico plans to hold a campaign kick-off rally Tuesday evening in his hometown of Round Rock.

Talarico launched his campaign with a video ad Tuesday morning, leaning into his background as an educator.

"We're underdogs in this fight. We're going up against those billionaire mega-donors and their puppet politicians. We're going up against a rigged system. And we're going up against a lot of money," Talarico said. "But I'm a former middle school teacher, I don't scare easily,"

Talarico, at age 36, is one of the youngest candidates ever to run for the Senate from Texas. He recently graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from the Austin Theological Semin

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