Texas Senator-Elect Talarico Says He Is Ready to Work With Trump: He Credits the President on the Border and Lists Immigration and Housing as Common Ground
James Talarico, the newly elected U.S. senator from Texas, said on Fox News on November 4 that he is ready to work with President Donald Trump on a range of issues, including border security, lowering energy costs and cutting housing regulations. He defeated Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the November 3 election, becoming the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate election in Texas since 1988.
On immigration, Talarico said it is one of the areas where the two could work together. He favors comprehensive immigration reform that includes border security, and said credit should be given where it is due: Trump has done a better job of securing the border than the previous administration. He also said Congress should create more legal pathways for immigrants who want to come to the United States.
On housing, he said he wants to work with the president, noting that Trump is a builder by background. He argued for cutting the red tape and regulation, for which he acknowledged his own party shares responsibility, so that millions of new homes can be built across the country.
His other listed points of common ground include suspending the federal gasoline and diesel taxes to lower fuel costs, criminal justice reform, and legalizing marijuana at the federal level, an issue on which he said he agrees with the president.
During the campaign, Trump repeatedly criticized Talarico in public and campaigned in person for Paxton. After his victory was confirmed on election night, Talarico said he looks forward to working with the president for all 31 million Texans. His win was one of the key seats in the Democratic Party's retaking of the Senate in this midterm election.
Related: Follow-up: AP Calls Texas Senate Race for Talarico, a First Democratic Win Since 1988
Source: Fox News
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：James Talarico 在德克萨斯州一场竞选集会上向支持者讲话（资料图）。照片：H. Michael Karshis，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: James Talarico speaking to supporters at a campaign rally in Texas (file photo). Photo by H. Michael Karshis, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
- 2026-11-03House Democratic Leader Jeffries Declares Victory: Poised to Become First Black Speaker of the House
- 2026-11-03Senate Democratic Leader Schumer Declares Victory: Calls It a Generational Remake of the Senate
- 2026-11-04Global Stocks Slump as Democrats Sweep Midterms: Nasdaq Futures Fall Over 2%, Dollar Slides, Nikkei Drops 3%
- 2026-11-04Follow-Up: Dow Surges 1,569 Points for Best Day Since April 2025 in Post-Midterm Rally as Oil Slides
- 2026-11-04Schumer: Democrats Will End the Iran War and Use the Purse and Investigations to Check Trump
- 2026-11-04Jeffries Formally Announces Speaker Bid, Says Retaliation and Impeaching Trump Are Not Priorities
- 2026-11-04DeSantis: With Democrats Holding the Senate, Trump's Chance of Confirming a Supreme Court Successor Is Zero
- 2026-11-04Poland's Tusk: Democracy Won in America; Urges Trump Not to Govern by Veto
- 2026-11-04Chinese-American Pediatrician Richard Pan Defeats Rep. Kevin Kiley in California's 6th District, Putting Chinese-Descent Lawmakers at a Record Six in the New Congress
- 2026-11-04Texas Senator-Elect Talarico Says He Is Ready to Work With Trump: He Credits the President on the Border and Lists Immigration and Housing as Common GroundThis story
