The file

Dan Crenshaw

Republican · U.S. Representative, Texas-2 · Texas · Spectrum score +48

House · 2026 ballot ·

Dan Crenshaw is U.S. Representative, Texas-2 in Texas. Political positions and ideology score +48 (Right). Crenshaw is the respectable hawk.

College: Tufts University, B.A. 2006 · Harvard Kennedy School, M.P.A. 2017
Spouse: Tara Crenshaw (m. 2013)
Children: None on the public record
Résumé: U.S. Representative · Texas-2 · 2019–
U.S. Navy SEAL officer · 2006–2016

Net worth: $3.5M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $400K
2026 raised: $4.9M
Years in office: 7

Where Dan stands on the spectrum

Dan Crenshaw scores +48 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +48 · Right · economic +49 · social +45 · authoritarian +26

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Crenshaw is the respectable hawk. The file is a member who built a parallel media business and then discovered the coalition had moved. Energy money in Houston, intel friends in Virginia, a feud with the streamers — that is the 2020s GOP.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$3.5M

+775% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$400K

Now$3.5M

SEAL to Congress to a media company (books, podcast, PAC). The medical story is real; so is the brand.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $4.9M
Cash on hand: $2.0M

Top industries

Energy
Defense
Health
Small-dollar

Stock holdings

Individual common stock

Houston energy plus a media company. The tickers look like a Texas-and-tech barbell, disclosed in the usual ranges.

House PTR, 2024 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

XOM
Exxon Mobil
Self · Energy district
$50K–$100K
CVX
Chevron
Self
$15K–$50K
MSFT
Microsoft
Joint
$15K–$50K
NVDA
NVIDIA
Self
$15K–$50K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
XOM	Exxon MobilEnergy district	Self	$50K–$100K
CVX	Chevron	Self	$15K–$50K
MSFT	Microsoft	Joint	$15K–$50K
NVDA	NVIDIA	Self	$15K–$50K

Sum of ranges $195K–$500K · midpoint $348K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Defense-and-intel donor mix vs a public fight with the MAGA influencers who used to boost him.
Eye injury as both biography and moat.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +49
Social: +45
Authoritarian: +26
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+54
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+46
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+48
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+72
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+22
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.48

Compass

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Sources

House record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.