GOTV Intel

Craig A. Goldman

U.S. Representative, Texas 12th Congressional District · Republican

OfficeholderOn the 2026 ballotIncumbent · Texas 12th Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Texas Secretary of State — 2026 November General Election candidate list (Candidate Bio Portal, status 'Candidate in the General Election'; certified 2026-08-28): U. S. REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 12 · read Sep 24, 2026

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The District

What Texas 12th Congressional District covers

Covers parts of Parker County and Tarrant County.

Map of Texas 12th Congressional District with 311 precincts

311 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: enacted plan "PLANC2333 (Texas congressional plan, 2025)" (H.B. 4, 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025); signed by Gov. Abbott Aug 29, 2025); 2026 status: In effect for the 2026 elections: a three-judge district court's preliminary injunction (Nov 18, 2025) was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec 4, 2025; used for the Mar 3, 2026 primary. Official file https://data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/planc2333 · Precinct lines: no contest override (the 2020-2024 House contests were on the prior lines); no-electorate fill where 2020 census blocks hold 0 people; no-electorate fill where 2020 census blocks hold 0 people

Results

Certified results for Texas 12th Congressional District

U.S. Rep 12

2024 General Election · Nov 5, 2024
CandidateVotesShare
GoldmanRepublican215,56463.5%
HuntDemocrat124,15436.5%

Official canvass returns (Texas Secretary of State), compiled by the Texas Legislative Council and reported by 2024 primary/general election VTDs · Texas Legislative Council, Capitol Data Portal — Comprehensive Election Datasets

U.S. Rep 12

2022 General Election · Nov 8, 2022
CandidateVotesShare
GrangerRepublican152,95364.3%
HuntDemocrat85,02635.7%

Official canvass returns (Texas Secretary of State), compiled by the Texas Legislative Council and reported by 2022 general election VTDs · Texas Legislative Council, Capitol Data Portal — Comprehensive Election Datasets

U.S. Rep 12

2020 General Election · Nov 3, 2020
CandidateVotesShare
GrangerRepublican233,85363.7%
WelchDemocrat121,25033.0%
HolcombLibertarian11,9183.2%

Official canvass returns (Texas Secretary of State), compiled by the Texas Legislative Council and reported by 2020 general election VTDs · Texas Legislative Council, Capitol Data Portal — Comprehensive Election Datasets

Key Votes

The record

  • Current office: U.S. Representative, Texas 12th District

    House Clerk roll-call records identify the member as G000601. 22 major 119th-Congress House votes loaded (standard set); voted against the majority of the member's own party on 0 of them. Selection, not exhaustive. Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · U.S. House (official member site) · source

  • H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 216-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 278 (2026)

    Jul 22, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 9770 Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 220-205 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 272 (2026)

    Jul 21, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 6644 Housing for the 21st Century Act — voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt · Passed, 358-32 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 224 (2026)

    Jun 23, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • S. 2 Secure America Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 214 (2026)

    Jun 9, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 2913 Ukraine Support Act — voted No

    On Passage · Passed, 226-195 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 207 (2026)

    Jun 4, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 7567 Farm, Food, and National Security Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 224-200 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 154 (2026)

    Apr 30, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 7744 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 221-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 87 (2026)

    Mar 5, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source
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  • H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · Passed, 217-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 53 (2026)

    Feb 3, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 498 Do No Harm in Medicaid Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 215-201 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 362 (2025)

    Dec 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 6703 Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 216-211 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 349 (2025)

    Dec 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4405 Epstein Files Transparency Act — voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · Passed, 427-1 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 289 (2025)

    Nov 18, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 5371 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 222-209 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 285 (2025)

    Nov 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 3838 Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 231-196 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 262 (2025)

    Sep 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4275 Coast Guard Authorization Act — voted Yes

    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · Passed, 399-12 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 218 (2025)

    Jul 23, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • S. 1582 GENIUS Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 308-122 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 200 (2025)

    Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 294-134 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 199 (2025)

    Jul 17, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act — voted Yes

    On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment · Passed, 218-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 190 (2025)

    Jul 3, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 4 Rescissions Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 214-212 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 168 (2025)

    Jun 12, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 215-214 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 145 (2025)

    May 22, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 22 SAVE Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 220-208 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 102 (2025)

    Apr 10, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 217-213 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 70 (2025)

    Mar 11, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • H.R. 29 Laken Riley Act — voted Yes

    On Passage · Passed, 264-159 · U.S. House, 119th Congress, roll call 6 (2025)

    Jan 7, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House (roll call vote) · source

  • Roll-call position (DW-NOMINATE)

    Score 0.7780 over 570 recorded votes. Negative left, positive right, −1 to +1. A computed statistic, not a government record.

    OSINT · Voteview (Lewis et al.) · source

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Scorecards

  • Club for Growth scorecard, 2025: 95%

    95% on the Club for Growth's 2025 congressional scorecard; lifetime score 95%. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · Club for Growth · source

  • AFL-CIO Legislative Scorecard, 2025: 0%

    0% on the AFL-CIO's 2025 Legislative Scorecard; lifetime score 0%. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · AFL-CIO · source

  • League of Conservation Voters scorecard, 2025: 0%

    0% on LCV's 2025 National Environmental Scorecard; lifetime score 0%. The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · League of Conservation Voters · source

  • Heritage Action for America scorecard, 119th Congress: 89%

    89% on Heritage Action's 119th Congress scorecard (key votes and co-sponsorships, updated weekly while Congress is in session). The organization's own rating.

    Self-published · Heritage Action for America · source

Committees and Appointments

  • Committee on Energy and Commerce — Member

    U.S. House, 119th Congress · Member · Subcommittees: Energy; Communications and Technology; Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade

    Official · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives — Member Data (committee assignments) · source

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised
$2,056,117cycle to date through Jun 30
Cash on Hand
$1,508,861cycle to date through Jun 30
Spent
$838,700cycle to date through Jun 30
Debts Owed
$0cycle to date through Jun 30
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

  • Lilly & Company$290,826.59
  • Dudley Group Llc$19,346.64
  • Cmdi$18,000.00
  • Republican Party Of Texas$3,125.00
  • Tfrw Convention 2025$2,000.00

Campaign finance — Craig Goldman For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance — Craig Goldman For Congress: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

    Raised $2,056,116.53 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $838,700.04 · cash on hand $1,508,860.69 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $379,941.71 (18%); PACs and other political committees $633,556.75 (31%); Transfers from authorized committees $1,042,606.85 (51%); Other receipts (refunds, offsets, other) $11.22 (0%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): fundraising $291,771.59; staff, contractors and reimbursements $188,891.25; other $33,285.98; digital $19,548.58; direct mail $19,346.64; legal $562.50.

    Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

  • Stock trades — no periodic transaction reports filed 2024–2026

    No periodic transaction reports appear in the U.S. House Clerk financial-disclosure indexes for 2024, 2025, and 2026 (searched by StateDst and surname). Index files searched as of 2026-09-24.

    Official · U.S. House Clerk

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Craig

  • Advertising summary — for and against (2026 cycle)

    For: own campaign $0 on Google; outside Google ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $54. Against: outside Google ads $0–$0; opponent campaign ads $0–$0; Snap $0; broadcast TV not searched; FEC independent expenditures $0. 2026 cycle. Broadcast TV: not yet searched. Meta not included.

    Feb 18, 2026 · Official · Ads summary (2026 cycle)

  • X (Twitter) spend — proxy — Texas Alliance for Life Fed PAC (supporting)

    Texas Alliance for Life Fed PAC — supporting this candidate (evidence: schedule e). 1 ads since Nov 2024; spend on these ads $7–$7 (FEC Schedule E lines, payee X Corp (proxy)); 0 of them also linked to other candidates.

    Feb 18, 2026 · Official · FEC Schedule E lines with payee X Corp — proxy; X publishes no US political-ad library · source

  • Google/YouTube ads — CRAIG GOLDMAN FOR CONGRESS (supporting)

    The candidate's own campaign (CRAIG GOLDMAN FOR CONGRESS). No ads in the 2026 cycle; 2 ads Jan–May 2024 during the 2024 cycle, $3,800–$4,400 (Google creative spend ranges; 2 text). Earlier-cycle ads are not included in 2026 totals.

    May 29, 2024 · Official · Google Political Ads Transparency Report (bundle updated 2026-09-23 21:37 PT) · source

Independent Expenditures

FEC independent expenditures on file: $53 supporting, $0 opposing, across 5 reports.

  • Texas Alliance for Life Fed PACSupporting · $53

    5 reports, newest Feb 26, 2026 · Federal Election Commission — electronic filing · newest filing

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“This bill would take Texas' successful approach and make it the national standard, improving health care for millions of Americans.”
Rep. Goldman Introduces the Better Care, Better Cost Act to Strengthen MedicaidJun 23, 2026 · Official · TexasGOPVote (official Goldman press release) · source
“No one thinks their health care is affordable. It's ridiculous that insurance companies profit while millions of Americans are stuck in low-quality, high-cost plans”
Rep. Goldman Introduces the Better Care, Better Cost Act to Strengthen MedicaidJun 23, 2026 · Official · TexasGOPVote (official Goldman press release) · source
“Repealing these taxes will unleash the housing market and help restore the American Dream of homeownership.”
Rep. Goldman Introduces the Don't Tax the American Dream ActJan 15, 2026 · Official · craiggoldman.house.gov · source
“Americans are overtaxed. The Don't Tax the American Dream Act repeals costly capital gains taxes on home sales so that Americans keep more of their hard-earned money”
Rep. Goldman Introduces the Don't Tax the American Dream ActJan 15, 2026 · Official · craiggoldman.house.gov · source

Interviews and Published Statements

  • Rep. Goldman Introduces the Better Care, Better Cost Act to Strengthen Medicaid

    Jun 23, 2026 · Official · craiggoldman.house.gov / TexasGOPVote · source

  • Rep. Goldman Introduces the Don't Tax the American Dream Act

    Jan 15, 2026 · Official · craiggoldman.house.gov · source

Reach Them

Websites and accounts

  • Campaign website: http://craiggoldman.house.gov/

    Source: http://craiggoldman.house.gov/

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source

  • Public social accounts

    X, Facebook, Instagram

    Self-published · Public accounts posted by the subject

The 2026 Field

Who else is running for Texas 12th Congressional District

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • On the ballot: U.S. House, Texas 12th District — November 3, 2026 general election

    Listed as "CRAIG GOLDMAN" (REP) on the Texas Secretary of State (Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election) certified candidate list for the 2026 General Election (as of 2026-08-28). Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · Texas Secretary of State (Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election) · source

  • U.S. Representative · TX-12

    Republican · Incumbent · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 4, 2026 · Official · Texas Secretary of State

  • Sponsored travel — American Innovation Project

    Teton Village, WY, 8/19/2026 to 8/21/2026. Original filing, filed by Craig Goldman.

    Aug 19, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/12/2026 to 8/13/2026. Original filing, filed by Sydney Russell.

    Aug 12, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/10/2026 to 8/12/2026. Original filing, filed by Jackson Mountain.

    Aug 10, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/10/2026 to 8/12/2026. Original filing, filed by Jackson Mountain.

    Aug 10, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Center Forward

    Boston, MA, 5/4/2026 to 5/8/2026. Original filing, filed by Jackson Mountain.

    May 4, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — American Exploration and Production Council and Diamondback Energy

    Midland, TX, 2/17/2026 to 2/19/2026. Original filing, filed by Matthew Beiger.

    Feb 17, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Center Forward

    Mexico, 2/16/2026 to 2/20/2026. Original filing, filed by Zachary Weidlich.

    Feb 16, 2026 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — Congressional Institute

    Cambridge, MD, 8/4/2025 to 8/6/2025. Original filing, filed by Sutton Houser.

    Aug 4, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — American Israel Education Foundation

    Israel, 8/3/2025 to 8/11/2025. Original filing, filed by Craig Goldman.

    Aug 3, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

  • Sponsored travel — American Exploration and Production Council and Mewbourne Oil Company

    Carlsbad, NM, 4/14/2025 to 4/16/2025. Original filing, filed by Ella Gunn.

    Apr 14, 2025 · Official · Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Not on file for Craig yet: In the News, Polls. Coverage varies by state and office.

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_c310g5366.

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