Democrats in red Texas bet on far-left Senate candidate who espouses non-binary God, six genders
State Rep. James Talarico has made dozens of statements aimed at reclaiming Christianity for the left.
By Steven Richards
Published: March 7, 2026 10:18pm
In deep-red Texas, the Democrats have chosen a Senate candidate whose Christian faith the party hopes will be a potent weapon, but whose unorthodox views range from God is nonbinary to there are six sexes.
“God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between,” said James Talarico, a state representative and, now, the Democratic nominee for Senate. “God is nonbinary.”
Progressive Christianity may be a hard sell
The statement is part of dozens of claims about God, Christianity, and morality that Talarico has made on the campaign trail, and before he ran for higher office, geared towards “[reclaiming] Christianity for the left.”
Talarico is currently a seminary student and affiliated with the PCUSA, a liberal Presbyterian denomination.
The Democrats see Talarico’s firebrand, progressive Christianity as a promising tool to help flip Texas blue. But, Republicans were quick to jump on Talarico’s statements, with the subtext that he is unfit for a relatively religious state traditionally considered part of the nation’s Bible Belt.
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