As of October 9, 2026, Texas Senate candidate James Talarico had not been seen in public for 13 days, last appearing on the trail September 26 and only virtually at a September 30 U.S. Hispanic Business Council event, where he said he had been diagnosed with the flu in Dallas. Unverified claims about his whereabouts followed: Caroline Wren said she heard he checked into a mental institution, and Spencer Pratt said on X that his sources told him Talarico is in a mental health facility. The Lindner Center of Hope says Talarico has never received treatment there, and Talarico says he has never been to Ohio. Nick Sorter and Ryan Amaker called the Lindner Center posing as Talarico's cousin, and…