Craig Goldman
| Craig A. Goldman | |
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| Texas State Representative from District 97 (Tarrant County) | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Mark M. Shelton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1968 Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Auryn B. Goldman |
| Parents | Ronald J. and Carol A. Goldman |
| Residence | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
| Occupation | Real estate businessman |
| Religion | Jewish |
Craig A. Goldman (born 1968) is a real estate businessman from his native Fort Worth, Texas, who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 97 in Tarrant County.
First elected in 2012, Goldman is seeking a third two-year term in the general election scheduled for November 8, 2016. He faces Democrat Elizabeth Tarrant who supported Bernie Sanders in the Presidential Primary.
Goldman's family has lived in Fort Worth for now five generations. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of the ZBT fraternity and Silver Spurs. After college, he was for five years a member of the staff of Republican then U.S. Senator Phil Gramm and later was employed by U.S. Representative Jeb Hensarling of Texas' 5th congressional district. A lifelong Republican, he has worked to elect members of his party to office in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and nationwide as well through Straight Talk America, a political action committee founded by U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona, of which Goldman was once the executive director. He also worked in the McCain presidential campaign in 2008.
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