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Craig GoldmanRepublican Incumbent
Angela 'Heli' Rodriguez PrillimanDemocraticOn ballot as
Craig Goldman
Angela 'Heli' Rodriguez Prilliman
Current role
U.S. Representative, Texas' 12th Congressional District
Entrepreneur and startup advisor
Background
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Austin
- Worked in family's gourmet food and wine store in Fort Worth before holding office
- Bachelor's degree, Texas A&M University,
- Founded Lacquerbar, a nail salon and online education startup,
- Was on the founding team of the software company Fivestars
- Entrepreneur-in-residence at FourthWave, an accelerator for women-led tech companies
Experience
- Serving his first term in the U.S. House; member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Served twelve years in the Texas House, where he chaired the Energy Resources Committee and the House Republican Caucus
- Ran for U.S. Senate (2024 Democratic primary); 1.9% of the vote
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 59.8%
Top priorities
- Border: "I am working to force Washington to uphold their duty of securing the border"
- Taxes: "you can count on me to continue defending taxpayers"
- Guns: "I will continue to fiercely protect your Second Amendment rights and freedoms"
- Abortion: "In Congress I will continue standing for the unborn"
- Wants "a universal healthcare system and a universal child care system, all paid for by taxing the small group of billionaires"
- Child care: supports "a $10/day cap on child care"
- AI: "We must pass AI whistleblower protections, pass basic AI liability laws, restrict AI companions for kids"
- Fighting for "voting rights, fully funding public schools, and the removal of billionaire money in politics"
Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: "Immigration is a privilege that should be reserved for those who come here legally and respect our processes and our laws."
- Guns: Fiercely protect your Second Amendment rights and freedoms."
- Health care: Bill he introduced "would require insurance companies to disclose how often they deny patient claims before families sign up for a health plan."
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Immigration: Says the country is headed in the wrong direction, citing high costs "alongside a lawless ICE backed by a lawless president."
- Guns: No public statement found
- Health care: See Priorities
Claims and the record
- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- President Donald Trump (primary)
- Tarrant County Patriots PAC (primary)
None found in our research
Craig Goldman
Republican Incumbent- On ballot as
- Craig Goldman
- Current role
- U.S. Representative, Texas' 12th Congressional District
- Background
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Texas at Austin
- Worked in family's gourmet food and wine store in Fort Worth before holding office
- Experience
- Serving his first term in the U.S. House; member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- Served twelve years in the Texas House, where he chaired the Energy Resources Committee and the House Republican Caucus
- Top priorities
- Border: "I am working to force Washington to uphold their duty of securing the border"
- Taxes: "you can count on me to continue defending taxpayers"
- Guns: "I will continue to fiercely protect your Second Amendment rights and freedoms"
- Abortion: "In Congress I will continue standing for the unborn"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Life
- Immigration: "Immigration is a privilege that should be reserved for those who come here legally and respect our processes and our laws."
- Guns: Fiercely protect your Second Amendment rights and freedoms."
- Health care: Bill he introduced "would require insurance companies to disclose how often they deny patient claims before families sign up for a health plan."
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- Texas Home School Coalition
- President Donald Trump (primary)
- Tarrant County Patriots PAC (primary)
- Campaign website
- craiggoldman.org
Angela 'Heli' Rodriguez Prilliman
Democratic- On ballot as
- Angela 'Heli' Rodriguez Prilliman
- Current role
- Entrepreneur and startup advisor
- Background
- Bachelor's degree, Texas A&M University,
- Founded Lacquerbar, a nail salon and online education startup,
- Was on the founding team of the software company Fivestars
- Entrepreneur-in-residence at FourthWave, an accelerator for women-led tech companies
- Experience
- Ran for U.S. Senate (2024 Democratic primary); 1.9% of the vote
- Democratic primary (March 3, 2026): won, 59.8%
- Top priorities
- Wants "a universal healthcare system and a universal child care system, all paid for by taxing the small group of billionaires"
- Child care: supports "a $10/day cap on child care"
- AI: "We must pass AI whistleblower protections, pass basic AI liability laws, restrict AI companions for kids"
- Fighting for "voting rights, fully funding public schools, and the removal of billionaire money in politics"
- Tidbits
- Abortion: Pro Abortion
- Immigration: Says the country is headed in the wrong direction, citing high costs "alongside a lawless ICE backed by a lawless president."
- Guns: No public statement found
- Health care: See Priorities
Claims and the record- Controversies: None found in the news coverage we reviewed
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- helifortexas.com
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