{"id":5642,"date":"2026-05-12T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5642"},"modified":"2026-05-12T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:02:10","slug":"obama-meets-with-talarico-aiming-to-boost-democrats-bid-for-us-senate-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5642","title":{"rendered":"Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat\u2019s bid for US Senate in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By JESSE BEDAYN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AUSTIN (AP) \u2014 Former President Barack Obama met with U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico Tuesday in Texas, putting his support behind a campaign that Democrats see as a shot, if a long one, for the party to win statewide in the reliably conservative state.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5640\">Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Obama lunched with Talarico and Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the nominee running to unseat Texas\u2019 Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, at a taco shop in Austin. The visit was meant to give the candidates a boost from one of the more liked figures in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>Obama has been highlighting younger leaders in the party, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who he joined recently in the Bronx to promote free child care.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5635\">Appeals court spares Trump from paying $83 million defamation award to E. Jean Carroll \u2014 for now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former president first mentioned Talarico months ago on a podcast, saying he was \u201cterrific, really talented young man,\u201d and he also called Hinojosa in March to congratulate her on the campaign, she said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico\u2019s campaign has garnered national attention with his progressive, Christian platform. 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John Cornyn, who are are battling it out in a Republican primary runoff election on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5633\">Drummond: Yorba Linda churches adding housing, new buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talarico will face the winner of a May 26 GOP runoff between Ken Paxton and John Cornyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat\u2019s bid for US Senate in Texas - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=5642\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obama meets with Talarico, aiming to boost Democrat\u2019s bid for US Senate in Texas - 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