James Talarico, the Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, is planning a campaign event this week in Los Angeles, California, for some reason. Fellow Democrat Senator Jon Ossoff of Georgia will join him.
One has to assume that this is mostly about fundraising. Talarico and Ossoff must be eager to see their well-off supporters in Hollywood.
Either way, it’s not a good look.
FOX News reports:
Texas Dem candidate to hold high-dollar Hollywood fundraiser while GOP gathers in Dallas: ‘Fake cowboy’
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is set to travel to Los Angeles in September for a high-dollar fundraiser with Hollywood celebrities, according to a report.
Politico reported that “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof and his wife, Heidi, will host a fundraiser for Talarico in Brentwood on Sept. 10. Tickets for the event start at $500 and go as high as $13,500, according to the outlet. This will be Talarico’s second Hollywood fundraiser in a few months. The first was held in June and was described by Page Six Hollywood as a “glitzy Dem fundraiser” at the home of Hollywood producer Peter Chernin. Fox News Digital reached out to the Lindelofs and Chernin for comment.
Meanwhile, Talarico’s opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, will gather in Dallas for the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention, along with President Donald Trump and other Republicans. The same night Republicans rally in Dallas, former President Barack Obama will headline a Democratic House fundraiser in New York, according to The New York Times. The events put prominent Democrats on the coasts while Republicans gather in Texas.
Fox News Digital previously reported that donors from outside Texas accounted for roughly 50% of the funds raised by Talarico, according to first-quarter campaign finance records.
Talarico is taking heat from Republicans for his out-of-state fundraising. RNC spokesperson Zach Kraft told Fox News Digital that “it is no surprise that James Talarico feels more comfortable in crazy liberal California than when his handlers force him to wear a fake cowboy hat and rent a pickup truck to pretend to be a ‘real’ Texan.”
This is just perfect for Talarico.
NEW —
Jon Ossoff and James Talarico are doing a finance event called “Two Visionaries, One Night” in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
Fundraiser is hosted by Shonda Rhimes + others.https://t.co/4SVTD2zqE2 pic.twitter.com/yXVntGMyte
— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) September 5, 2026
Talarico doing a fundraiser among his grassroots supporters – Hollywood millionaires
Just perfect https://t.co/3MYZcO5laV
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) September 5, 2026
It’s probably safe to assume that Talarico won’t spend the night lecturing his Hollywood friends about how to be a proper Christian, as he seems so fond of doing.
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