Craig Goldman

Craig Alan Goldman (born October 3, 1968) is an American Republican politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 12th congressional district since January 2025.

A fifth-generation Texan and fourth-generation Fort Worth native, Goldman graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin and built a business career managing a family-owned gourmet food and wine store alongside his father and partnering in real estate investment firms.

His family maintains deep Jewish roots and traces its heritage as fifth-generation Texans, with the preceding four generations residing in Fort Worth.

Following graduation, Goldman's early professional steps into Republican politics provided formative influences, including staff roles with the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the 1996 presidential campaign of Texas Senator Phil Gramm, exposing him to national conservative strategies and campaign operations. These experiences, combined with his upbringing in a fifth-generation Texan family of Jewish descent with deep Fort Worth ties, reinforced a commitment to fiscal conservatism, limited government, and strong support for Israel, themes that persisted in his later legislative career.

Goldman hails from a fifth-generation Texan family with deep Jewish roots in Fort Worth, where his ancestors have resided for over a century and contributed to local community institutions. He is the son of Ronnie Goldman, alongside whom he worked for nearly a decade at the family-operated Ronnie's Fine Wines and Specialty Foods, a Fort Worth-based gourmet food and wine retailer. These familial ties underscore a legacy of business involvement and civic engagement in Tarrant County.