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Craig A. Goldman

Craig A. Goldman

Republican · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

Service history

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

  • Representative TX-12 2025–present

Background

  • 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

Campaign finance

2024 cycle

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

  • $3,196,798 raised
  • $2,660,901 spent
  • $535,896 cash on hand
$3.20M
$2.93M
$2.31M
Itemized (≥ $200)$2.24M
Unitemized (< $200)$66.22K
Other committees (PACs)$615.42K
Candidate self-funding$6.60K
Transfers from other committees$266.49K
$2.66M
Operating expenditures$2.63M
Contribution refunds$29.05K
Cash on hand$535.90K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2024 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2024)

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

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 99.4%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 14
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 215 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 1
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 14 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting →

    votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 437 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting →

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 4
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 4
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Craig A. Goldman. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

99.4%
of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −0.6 pts below median

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (4)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

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 →

Issue positions (15)

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

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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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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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Goldman most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Goldman connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • HRES 1481Honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Kay Granger, a Representative from the State of Texas.sponsoredAug 12, 2026
  • HR 9892To require the United States Trade Representative to initiate an investigation under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to the European Union, and for other purposes.sponsoredJul 22, 2026
  • HRES 1436Condemning Omar Suleiman for celebrating the death of Senator Lindsey Graham and acknowledging that House Democrats invited him to serve as the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019.cosponsoredJul 14, 2026
  • HR 9680Replace UNRWA with Real Humanitarian Assistance ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2026
  • HR 9613Nuclear Advisory Committee Reform ActcosponsoredJul 8, 2026
  • HR 9396Prior Authorization Accountability ActsponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9397Premium Transparency ActcosponsoredJun 22, 2026
  • HR 9335Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates ActsponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9336Better Care, Better Cost ActsponsoredJun 17, 2026
  • HR 9322Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Act of 2026cosponsoredJun 14, 2026
  • HR 9250Great American Outdoors Act 250cosponsoredJun 9, 2026
  • HR 9147Abraham Accords Expansion Act of 2026sponsoredJun 3, 2026
  • HR 9086Foreign Service Modernization ActcosponsoredJun 1, 2026
  • HR 8990Protect Domestic Oil and Gas Small Business Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 20, 2026
  • HR 8781Title IX Clarification Act of 2026cosponsoredMay 12, 2026
  • HRES 1273Honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of motherhood and the impact mothers have on raising the next generation, on the occasion of Mother's Day.cosponsoredMay 10, 2026
  • HRES 1252Resolution memorializing law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.cosponsoredMay 3, 2026
  • HR 8571TREY'S LawcosponsoredApr 28, 2026
  • HR 8487Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health ActcosponsoredApr 22, 2026
  • HR 8413SECURE Data ActcosponsoredApr 20, 2026
  • HR 7970STOP Nitazenes ActcosponsoredMar 17, 2026
  • HR 7745To establish certain requirements relating to wellness checks for the health and welfare of certain members of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.cosponsoredMar 1, 2026
  • HR 7687No Tax on Takings ActcosponsoredFeb 24, 2026
  • HRES 1076Recognizing the 10th anniversary of the first export shipment of liquefied natural gas produced in the lower 48 States.cosponsoredFeb 23, 2026
  • HR 7651Chloe Cole Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 22, 2026
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Committee activity

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.

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