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After Activist Confrontation, Talarico Promises $25M Black Outreach

7/21/2026

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Activist Kandice Webber confronted U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico at a July 20, 2026 town-hall in Houston, warning he would lose Black voters if he left without responding.
James Talarico stayed on stage after the close and pledged a $25 million Black voter outreach plan, the largest in modern Texas history.
An A2 Insights poll in late June 2026 gave James Talarico a 48 percent lead over Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s 46 percent.

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Activist Kandice Webber confronted U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico at a July 20, 2026 town-hall in Houston, warning he would lose Black voters if he left without responding.
James Talarico stayed on stage after the close and pledged a $25 million Black voter outreach plan, the largest in modern Texas history.
An A2 Insights poll in late June 2026 gave James Talarico a 48 percent lead over Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s 46 percent.