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Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

Republican · TX U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

Roles held

  1. Representative 2019 – present TX Republican
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Republican

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born March 14, 1984; former U.S. Navy SEAL officer and member of the Republican Party
  • background Served as commissioned officer on SEAL Team 3 in War in Afghanistan, reaching rank of lieutenant commander
  • background Wounded in action during third deployment, losing his right eye to an improvised explosive device
  • background Served as legislative assistant to Representative Pete Sessions before entering politics
  • role U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd congressional district since 2019, first elected in 2018
  • controversy Lost renomination in 2026 Republican primary to state representative Steve Toth

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-02 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,735,888 raised
  • $3,180,271 spent
  • $24,925 cash on hand
$2.74M
$2.10M
$1.46M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.10M
Unitemized (< $200)$359.75K
Other committees (PACs)$638.41K
Transfers from other committees$523.63K
Offsets to expenditures$109.97K
Other receipts$5.33K
$3.18M
Operating expenditures$2.71M
Contribution refunds$368.68K
Transfers to other committees$5.11K
Other disbursements$99.21K
Cash on hand$24.92K
Debts owed by committee$36.50K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 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.

Dan Crenshaw campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2018$1,865,424$1,844,245$21,178
2020$19,485,632$17,654,095$1,852,715
2022$15,916,739$16,632,010$1,137,444
2024$4,138,445$4,806,581$469,308
2026$2,735,888$3,180,271$24,925

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $1,980 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $2,454,184. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC $32,900
  • PHILLIPS 66 PAC $26,000
  • UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC) $25,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC $25,000
  • HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PAC $25,000
  • OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION PAC $25,000 · Energy
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC $25,000 · Telecom
  • EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION PAC (EXXONMOBIL PAC) $25,000 · Energy
  • TEXAS FARM BUREAU FRIENDS OF AGRICULTURE FUND (AGFUND) INC. (TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND) $24,016
  • OVINTIV USA INC. PAC $23,000

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).

  • Employer not reported $228,839
  • CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST $19,800
  • MCCORD DEVELOPMENT $16,500
  • RIDA DEVELOPMENT $15,700
  • ADVANCED HEALTH CARE $14,241
  • CUSMANO REAL ESTATE $13,350
  • COORDINATES OPERATIONS $13,200
  • TOM PEACOCK NISSAN/CADILLAC, INC. $13,200
  • MIDLAND ENERGY, INC. $13,200
  • MARATHON OIL CORP $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 $1,070,919 supporting · $408,612 opposing · 7 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $1,380 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

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

  • Committee oversight & trading — technology coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the technology sector, and disclosed 18 technology-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $270,000) between Mar 2020 and Jun 2026.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Member
    STOCK Act disclosures →
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — energy coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment, which oversee the energy sector, and received 67 PAC contributions from energy-sector political action committees totaling $269,000 (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.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · MemberHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment · Vice Chair
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — health coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health, which oversee the health sector, and received 52 PAC contributions from health-sector political action committees totaling $139,050 (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.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · MemberHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health · Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — telecom coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the telecom sector, and received 20 PAC contributions from telecom-sector political action committees totaling $110,000 (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.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Member
    FEC PAC contributions
  • Committee oversight & trading — energy coverage: high

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment, which oversee the energy sector, and disclosed 2 energy-sector trades (disclosed amounts up to $30,000) between Mar 2020 and Mar 2021.

    Counts only disclosed trades we could tag to a sector; sector coverage is partial, so the real total may be higher.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · MemberHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment · Vice Chair
    STOCK Act disclosures →
  • Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

    Sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees the technology sector, and received 7 PAC contributions from technology-sector political action committees totaling $25,230 (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.

    Committees House Committee on Energy and Commerce · Member
    FEC PAC contributions

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

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Congressional testimony