James Talarico

She learned to walk.

She learned to talk.

She became a successful accountant.

She married my brother-in-law, Matt, who was an army doctor.

And now they have my baby niece, Jane.

And baby Jane looks a lot like Madeline when she was little.

So she reminds us all of Madeline.

And they all live about 15 minutes from me.

So I get to be with them.

A lot, well, since the campaign started, it hasn't been a lot.

But whenever I get a moment off the trail, I always try to be with Jane because she is just the joy of our lives.

She's the first of that generation for our whole extended family.

So not even just our immediate, but aunts, uncles, cousins, like she's the first of this new generation.

And so she's just...

we're all obsessed with her and she gets all our attention.

All of our, um, our lock screens are, are some kind of picture of Jane.

Uh, and, we renamed the family group chat to Jane's fan club, um, because it's just Jane content all day long.

Um, but it is just so special to watch her grow into a, a, um, a very curious, uh, silly, um, and very kind toddler.

Um,

And, you know, the hope is that we're going to build a Texas that's worthy of her, because I worry about, you know, the state that she's going to inherit.