Craig Goldman

Before he entered politics, Craig Goldman spent nearly a decade working alongside his father in a Fort Worth gourmet food and wine shop.¹ He is a fifth generation Texan and fourth generation Fort Worth native, and earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin.¹

Goldman spent twelve years representing part of Tarrant County in the Texas House of Representatives.¹ His state legislative responsibilities included chairing the Energy Resources Committee and the House Republican Caucus.¹ He began his first term in Congress in January 2025, representing Texas’s 12th Congressional District.²

In Washington, he serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, with subcommittee assignments covering energy, communications and technology, and commerce, manufacturing and trade.² In February 2026, the House passed his Homeowner Energy Freedom Act.³⁴ The legislation called for repealing federal electric appliance rebates, contractor training grants and building code assistance, and rescinding certain unspent funds.⁴

He has also introduced a bill to impose extendable expiration dates on certain energy regulations, including rules administered by the Department of Energy and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.⁵ Goldman faces Democratic entrepreneur Angela “Heli” Rodriguez Prilliman in the November election.⁶ He identifies stronger border enforcement, lower taxes and national defense as priorities for his work in Congress.¹