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Craig A. Goldman

Craig A. Goldman

Republican · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • role U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district since 2025
  • role Represented the 97th district in the Texas House of Representatives from 2013 to 2025
  • background Born October 3, 1968

Issue positions (14)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-12 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,756,535 raised
  • $783,571 spent
  • $1,508,861 cash on hand
$1.76M
$980.40K
$373.10K
Itemized (≥ $200)$366.25K
Unitemized (< $200)$6.85K
Other committees (PACs)$607.30K
Transfers from other committees$776.12K
Offsets to expenditures$11.22
$783.57K
Operating expenditures$764.07K
Contribution refunds$19.50K
Cash on hand$1.51M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 24, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Craig A. Goldman campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2024$3,196,798$2,660,901$535,896
2026$1,756,535$783,571$1,508,861

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $104,747 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,119,720. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $20,000 · Energy
  • NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMI $20,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $20,000
  • HONOR COURAGE COMMITMENT PAC $20,000
  • AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $19,500
  • THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $17,500
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMM $17,500 · Defense
  • THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $15,000
  • REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC- $15,000
  • TEXAS AND SOUTHWESTERN CATTLE RAISERS ASSOCIATION PAC $15,000

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • LOCKHEED MARTIN $33,821
  • LMBILP $26,400
  • KELLY HART $26,100
  • DOUBLE EAGLE ENERGY $23,600
  • STUDENT $20,800
  • HILLWOOD $20,700
  • WESTERN COMMERCE GROUP $19,800
  • GRADE WATER AND POWER $16,500
  • REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION $15,000
  • US GROWTH FUNDS $13,200

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $54 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $1,565,764 supporting · $44,388 opposing · 9 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Goldman, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

  • Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Energy, which oversee the energy sector, and received 21 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $86,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the health sector, and received 12 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $41,250 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which oversee the telecom sector, and received 10 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $32,500 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology, which oversee the technology sector, and received 3 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $8,000 (recent cycles).

    PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

    FEC PAC contributions

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.