Before he was ever a politician, Craig Goldman spent nearly a decade running his family's gourmet food and wine shop in Fort Worth alongside his dad.
Goldman represented Fort Worth in the Texas House for 12 years, rising to Chairman of the House Republican Caucus, before winning Texas's 12th Congressional District seat in 2024 to succeed longtime Congresswoman Kay Granger. He's running for re-election in 2026 on a platform built around border enforcement, gun rights, and opposing what he calls a liberal climate agenda targeting Texas energy.
Goldman’s take on Texas values
Goldman says he passed "the strongest election integrity bill in Texas history" aimed at ending ballot harvesting and supports strict voter ID requirements — the kind of added voting requirements the guide's statements describe as suppression. [Craig Goldman for Congress issues page]