‘He's One of the Best’: Meet James Talarico's Lookalike Transgender Role Model Who Democrat Says ‘Keeps Me Going’ in Fight for Left-Wing Causes

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Talarico praised his transgender role model, Ash Hall, for rallying opposition to state bans on men in women's sports and sex changes for children. "The Capitol is not a safe place for a lot of marginalized people," Talarico told the Go Behind the Ballot Podcast. "So, that's part of the thing that keeps me going when I'm getting discouraged or I'm getting upset or I'm feeling kind of hopeless.

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▪Talarico praised his transgender role model, Ash Hall, for rallying opposition to state bans on men in women's sports and sex changes for children.
▪"The Capitol is not a safe place for a lot of marginalized people," Talarico told the Go Behind the Ballot Podcast.
▪"So, that's part of the thing that keeps me going when I'm getting discouraged or I'm getting upset or I'm feeling kind of hopeless.

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Democrats ‘He's One of the Best’: Meet James Talarico's Lookalike Transgender Role Model Who Democrat Says ‘Keeps Me Going’ in Fight for Left-Wing Causes Ash Hall has led the fight against Texas bans on sex changes for minors and on boys in girls' sports Ash Hall (Spectrum 1 News), James Talarico (SXSW) Thomas Catenacci September 3, 2026 image/svg+xml .st0{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} .st1{fill:none;stroke:#384f61;stroke-width:2;stroke-linejoin:round;stroke-miterlimit:10;} Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico gushed in 2022 about a far-left, nonbinary transgender operative who he said inspires him to "keep going" when he's "feeling kind of hopeless" in his far-left crusades.

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