Craig Goldman

Biography & Campaign Analysis

Background

Craig Goldman was born on October 3, 1968, in Fort Worth, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from the University of Texas at Austin. Goldman is Jewish and was a member of Zeta Beta Tau.

Career

Before entering elected office, Craig Goldman worked as a real estate businessman in his hometown of Fort Worth. In 2012 he won election to the Texas House of Representatives in the 97th district, succeeding Mark M. Shelton with 59.4% of the vote. He took office on January 8, 2013, and represented the district until January 3, 2025.

Goldman moved to federal politics in 2024, when longtime representative Kay Granger was retiring from Texas's 12th congressional district.

He defeated John O'Shea in the Republican primary and won the general election with 63.5% of the vote, and he was sworn in to the 119th United States Congress on January 3, 2025.

Goldman serves on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, including its subcommittees on Communications and Technology, on Energy, and on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.

2026 race

Craig Goldman is seeking a second term in Texas's 12th congressional district, which lies in the western part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and takes in most of Parker County and western Tarrant County, including most of the western half of Fort Worth, Benbrook, Saginaw, Haltom City and Weatherford.

He was the only candidate in the 2026 Republican primary, receiving 54,931 votes.

In the general election on November 3, 2026, he faces Democrat Angela Rodriguez Prilliman, an entrepreneur who won the Democratic primary with 59.8% of the vote against nonprofit executive director and U.S. Army veteran Kenneth Morgan-Aguilera.