Campaign And Hospital Deny Claim That James Talarico Went To Ohio Mental Hospital

James Talarico's Senate campaign is officially denying rumors that his two-week absence from the public eye was the result of a mental health crisis.

"This is a lie designed to promote a pathetic conspiracy theory. Last week James Talarico was home in Austin, Texas, recovering from the flu," campaign spokesman JT Ennis said in a statement Sunday afternoon.