{"id":418580,"date":"2026-08-27T21:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418580\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T21:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:20:11","slug":"talarico-to-raise-money-in-los-angeles-in-key-texas-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/418580\/","title":{"rendered":"Talarico to raise money in Los Angeles in key Texas Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LOS ANGELES \u2014 James Talarico is headed to Los Angeles to raise money in his blockbuster Texas Senate race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Lost&#8221; co-creator Damon Lindelof and his wife, Heidi, will host a fundraiser for Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, in Brentwood on Sept. 10, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The prominent TV showrunner, whose credits include &#8220;The Leftovers&#8221; and &#8220;Watchmen,&#8221; is a longtime supporter of Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. Lindelof, a <a data-ylk=\"slk:three-time Emmy winner;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.televisionacademy.com\/bios\/damon-lindelof\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">three-time Emmy winner<\/a>, has also been outspoken at times: he <a data-ylk=\"slk:penned a piece;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/07\/joe-biden-has-to-go-damon-lindelof-democrat-donor-1236000351\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">penned a piece<\/a> for trade publication Deadline in 2024 urging President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid after his disastrous debate against Donald Trump days earlier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this summer, the Lindelofs <a data-ylk=\"slk:attended a star-studded fundraiser;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/hollywood\/backrooms-producer-hosts-glitzy-dem-fundraiser-ahead-of-midterms-with-an-a-list-emcee\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">attended a star-studded fundraiser<\/a> for Talarico and three other candidates hosted by media executive Peter Chernin and his wife, Megan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The get-in price for the Lindelofs&#8217; evening affair in the tony LA enclave is $500, with the cost plateauing at $13,500.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Talarico, a prolific fundraiser and member of the Texas House of Representatives, is vying with Republican Ken Paxton, the state&#8217;s attorney general, to succeed Sen. John Cornyn. Recent polling has shown <a data-ylk=\"slk:Talarico narrowly leading Paxton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/texaspolitics.utexas.edu\/blog\/new-ut-texas-politics-project-poll-finds-talarico-leading-paxton-abbott-leading-hinojosa-continued-resistance-to-data-centers-2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Talarico narrowly leading Paxton<\/a>, who defeated Cornyn in <a data-ylk=\"slk:the Republican primary;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/30\/texas-senate-poll-talarico-paxton-00981524\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the Republican primary<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Representatives of Lindeloff and Talarico did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES \u2014 James Talarico is headed to Los Angeles to raise money in his blockbuster Texas Senate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[145807,54712,2135,9922,145808,27,29,1862,28,1863,2134],"class_list":["post-418580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-damon-lindelof","tag-democratic-nominee","tag-james-talarico","tag-los-angeles","tag-peter-chernin","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-house-of-representatives","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-senate","tag-u-s-senate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}