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U.S. Representative for Texas’s 12th District

Craig A. Goldman

Republican 1st term Up 2026

Replaced Kay Granger in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

100LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Energy and Commerce 29th majority
Age
58

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date341622366742

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 22% no bills
Health 11% 13%
Energy 22% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Energy and Government Operations and Politics; bills go to Energy and Health.

  • He talks most about: Health Care Coverage (Health), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Energy.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberEnergy and Commerce Committee29th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the majority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

5% · peer median 10%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Goldman.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

5% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 10%); closest in his party: Johnson and Van Epps.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 14 · expected 23
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 3 · expected 4
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 43 of 433 in the House

2.43expected 1.09 · average member 1.00

2 of 14 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 2.43 against a peer median of 1.09.

  • On the move: H.R. 9335 (out of committee), H.R. 4758 (passed a chamber), H.J.Res. 75 (became law).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.78

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 8).

  • Position: +0.78, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Environmental Protection 1 of 26, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Goldman$1.9M raised22%38%40%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

22% of what he raised came from individuals; 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.9M raised, 38% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 26.9 points.

81 PACs of the 158 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Republican Jewish Coalition0% D
  2. National Association of Realtors46% D
  3. National Cattlemen's Beef Association11% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

167 bills

Goldman voted Yea on 74, Nay on 5, and sponsored or cosponsored 88 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.