# Texas Elects James Talarico, a Backer of a Proposed State Bitcoin Reserve

By Riza Dagoc

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/48977
Published: 2026-11-05T02:50:13.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-05T02:50:13.000Z
Section: Regulation

> The Democrat voted twice for the proposal, and his record points to growing bipartisan support.

Texas elected Democrat James Talarico to the U.S. Senate; he voted twice in favor of creating a state Bitcoin (BTC) reserve. Talarico voted twice in favor of creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve for Texas. His voting record points to growing bipartisan support for the proposal.

The proposed reserve is a Texas initiative, while Talarico's election is to the U.S. Senate. Talarico, a Democrat elected to the Senate, supported a Texas reserve proposal twice.

His two votes link the Senate election to a proposed Texas reserve.