Dan Goldman | |
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_(1).jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's10th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jerry Nadler (redistricted) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daniel Sachs Goldman (1976-02-26)February 26, 1976 (age 49) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 5 |
| Relatives | Rhoda Haas Goldman (grandmother) Richard Goldman (grandfather) Walter A. Haas (great-grandfather) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
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| Website | House website Campaign website |
Daniel Sachs Goldman (born February 26, 1976)[1][2] is an American politician and lawyer who has been theU.S. representative forNew York's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of theDemocratic Party, he previously served as the lead majority counsel in the firstimpeachment inquiry againstDonald Trump and lead counsel to House Managers in Trump'simpeachment trial which was also in 2019.[3][4]
Goldman was born in Washington, D.C., to Susan (née Sachs) and Richard W. Goldman.[5] His father was a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., who died when Goldman was a child.[5] His paternal grandparents wereRhoda Haas Goldman andRichard Goldman;[5] his great-grandfather wasWalter A. Haas, president ofLevi Strauss & Co. His great-great-grandfather wasAbraham Haas, the founder of theSmart & Final chain of food stores. He grew up in aConservative Jewish family[6] with his younger brother Bill Goldman, who died at age 38 in a plane crash inSonoma, California,[7] as well as his sister Alice Reiter.[8] Daniel is an heir to theLevi Strauss & Co. fortune, and is the first cousin once removed of San Francisco mayorDaniel Lurie, another member of the Levi Strauss family.[9][10]
Daniel Goldman attendedSidwell Friends School inWashington D.C, where his mother previously served as chair of the board.[5] He graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree in history fromYale University in 1998[11] and aJuris Doctor degree with distinction fromStanford Law School in 2005.[5][12] Before law school, he was anOlympics researcher and a writer forNBC Sports.[5]
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After graduating from law school, Goldman clerked forCharles Breyer of theU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California andRobert D. Sack of theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[13] From 2007 to 2017, Goldman was anassistant United States attorney in theSouthern District of New York underPreet Bharara.[3][14] He prosecutedRussian organized crime,Genovese crime family mobsters, includingFotios Geas, who murderedWhitey Bulger while in prison, and a variety ofwhite-collar crime andsecurities fraud.[3] In 2017, Goldman was the lead prosecutor ofBilly Walters, a sports bettor who was convicted forinsider trading.[3] After leaving the Southern District, Goldman became a legal analyst forNBC News andMSNBC[15] and a fellow at theBrennan Center for Justice in New York.
Goldman was hired as Senior Advisor and Director of Investigations for theHouse Intelligence Committee in February 2019 and later became the lead counsel for the firstimpeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[3] He questioned witnesses on behalf of the majority during theHouse Intelligence Committee's public hearings. On December 9, 2019, he provided testimony at the public hearing of theHouse Judiciary Committee.[16]
On November 16, 2021, Goldman announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination forattorney general of New York in the2022 election.[17] When incumbentLetitia James ended her campaign for governor in December and opted to run for reelection, Goldman withdrew and endorsed James.[18]
On June 1, 2022, Goldman announced his candidacy forUnited States Congress inNew York's 10th district.[19] A July 14 poll byData for Progress indicated Goldman had 12% of support, behind CouncilwomanCarlina Rivera's 17% and AssemblywomanYuh-Line Niou's 14% in the crowded Democratic primary, which also included incumbent congressmanMondaire Jones and former congresswomanElizabeth Holtzman.[20] An internal poll conducted between July 22 and 26 showed Goldman leading the race with 18% of support, followed by Niou with 16% and Rivera with 14%.[21] Goldman has been endorsed byNew York state assemblymemberRobert Carroll[22] andBrian A. Cunningham,[23] former U.S. representativeSteve Israel,[24] formerlieutenant governor of New YorkRichard Ravitch[24] andThe New York Times.[25] He received a backhanded endorsement fromDonald Trump, who called him "very compassionate and compromising to those within the Republican Party", which Goldman's campaign rejected as a "pathetic attempt at fooling Democrats".[26][27]
Goldman raised more than $1.2 million from more than 2,100 individual contributions in the month after he declared his candidacy.[28] He received the maximum allowable campaign contributions from billionaire real estate developersDouglas Durst andStephen M. Ross.[29] Ross was also a major fundraiser and supporter of Trump.[30] As of August 17, 2022, Goldman had contributed more than $4 million to his own campaign, leading rivals to accuse him of attempting to "purchase this congressional seat".[31] His campaign hired a Republican campaign consultant who supported Trump in the2020 presidential election and called RepresentativeMaxine Waters "retarded" over her support for Trump's impeachment to perform voter outreach toOrthodox Jewish voters inBorough Park, Brooklyn.[32] Goldman's campaign immediately fired the consultant and clarified that they were "unaware of these grossly offensive remarks" whenCity & State contacted them for comment.[32]
Goldman's financial disclosures indicate he has a line of credit fromGoldman Sachs worth up to $50 million in addition to investments in weapons manufacturerSturm, Ruger & Co., defense contractorsLockheed Martin andNorthrop Grumman, oil companiesChevron,ExxonMobil andHalliburton, andRupert Murdoch'sFox Corporation &News Corp.[33] Goldman's campaign said he will put his assets into ablind trust if elected and that he is no longer invested in Sturm, Ruger & Co.[34] He narrowly won the Democratic nomination in the crowded primary, receiving 16,686 votes (25.8%).[35] He won thegeneral election against Republican nominee Benine Hamdan with 83.9% of the vote.[35]
While Goldman's victory in 2022 was cheered by the left, followingZohran Mamdani's primary victory, a poll suggested that Dan Goldman may be vulnerable to a challenge from further to the left.[36][37] Brooklyn City Council MemberAlexa Avilés explored a run to primary Goldman and had earned the endorsement of theNYC Democratic Socialists of America. Former Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou also explored a run and attended an endorsement forum with the New YorkWorking Families Party (WFP) along with Avilés, Goldman, and ComptrollerBrad Lander.[38] On December 10, 2025, Brad Lander formally announced a challenge.[39] In the aftermath of Lander's announcement, Niou and Avilés announced that they would not run for Goldman's seat and warned that splitting the field would help Goldman win, clearing the field for a one-on-one between Goldman and Lander.[39]
On January 10, 2023, Goldman and RepresentativeRitchie Torres delivered an ethics complaint to the office of RepresentativeGeorge Santos, who is embattled by revelations that he lied about most of his résumé and background.[40] Goldman has introduced seven bills in his first year in Congress: the Early Voting Act, the African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act, the Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act, the Immigration Court Efficiency and Children's Court Act of 2023, the Disarming Cartels Act, the Codifying SAVE Plan Act, and the GRADUATE Act.[41]
Goldman is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition, a progressive group andfederal PAC created to support Democrats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.[42] In 2025, Goldman was among several New York Democrats who did not endorseZohran Mamdani for mayor.[43][44]
Goldman has said he believesabortion is a health-care decision that "should be made between an individual and their doctor".[49] He drew significant backlash and criticism when he revealed support for abortion restrictions, and said he would not object to a state law barring abortion after a fetus is considered viable.[50] He said in the same interview that his personal views on abortion are secondary to the right of a woman to choose.[50]
In June 2023, Goldman and CongresswomanJudy Chu led more than 50 lawmakers in pressing Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major American pharmacies to sell the abortion pill,mifepristone.[51] In July, Goldman called theDobbs decision "one of the very worst opinions that the Supreme Court has ever issued on both a legal and factual basis".[52]
Goldman accused the PresidentDonald Trump of "inflammatory rhetoric", and stated that Trump is "destructive to democracy" and "has to be eliminated". After backlash from conservatives, Goldman said "eliminate" was a wrong term: "Yesterday on TV, I mistakenly used the wrong word to express the importance for America that Donald Trump doesn't become President again".[53]
Goldman supports increasing thenational minimum wage, universal child care, andpaid family leave.[54] He supports promoting business development, and requiring corporations to pay their fair share to "increase opportunity for all Americans".[54]
Goldman was one of the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of theFiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[55]
Goldman said in his 2022 campaign that he supports the principles and goals of aGreen New Deal to transition toclean energy and has calledclimate change an "existential threat". He supportspublic–private partnerships to incentivize private companies to invest inrenewable energy.[56]
Goldman said thatRussia's invasion of Ukraine threatensUkraine's sovereignty, international order, and democracy globally. He is in favor of U.S. aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia.[57]
In 2023, Goldman voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which directed PresidentJoe Biden to remove U.S. troops fromSyria within 180 days.[58][59]
Goldman supports democracy inTaiwan, but opposedSpeakerNancy Pelosi'sAugust 2022 visit to Taiwan and concurred with theBiden administration's assessment of the risks, citing intelligence and diplomatic concerns.[60]
Goldman has said he supports thetwo-state solution.[61] He opposes theBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, calling it a "thinly-veiled demonstration ofantisemitism."[61] He voted to support Israel following the2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[62][63] In 2024, he signed an open-letter expressing "disgust" at South Africa's case at theInternational Court of Justice charging Israel with operating with intent to commitgenocide in Gaza.[64] Goldman voted to censure RepresentativeRashida Tlaib for her use of the term "From the river to the sea."[65]
During his 2022 campaign, Goldman said that he believes healthcare is a fundamental right and supported apublic option and private health insurance while opposingMedicare for All.[66] Later in 2023, he co-sponsored theMedicare for All Act in Congress.[67]
Goldman supports "public–private partnerships" to combat New York City's lack ofaffordable housing. He supports construction by private real estate developers, fully fundingNYCHA, and allocating federal dollars for private firms to update and manage properties NYCHA owns.[68]
Goldman opposes expanding theSupreme Court of the United States and said it is "antidemocratic" during a candidate forum.[69] He expressed support for implementing term limits on Supreme Court justices in an interview withNew York Magazine.[70]
Goldman supports passing theEquality Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.[71] He said he had never marched in anLGBTQ Pride parade until 2022, saying his work as a federal prosecutor prevented him from doing so, in response to a questionnaire from theJim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.[72] He drew criticisms and accusations of using the LGBTQ community as a "political football" when it was revealed his explanation contradicted the guidelines and restrictions issued by theDepartment of Justice, which states employees may "attend political rallies and meetings."[72] and in fact, theDepartment of Justice has its own employee-run "DOJ Pride."[72]
Goldman stated in April 2025 "Would it be better if we had a border wall to keep the border safe? Probably, But is it really the most effective use of $46 billion? Of course not." in response to funding for theMexico–United States border wall.[73]
Goldman opposed a 2024 amendment toSection 702 of theForeign Intelligence Surveillance Act requiring awarrant to search foreign communications of citizens and permanent residents.[74]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Goldman | 16,686 | 25.8 | |
| Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou | 15,380 | 23.7 | |
| Democratic | Mondaire Jones[a] | 11,777 | 18.2 | |
| Democratic | Carlina Rivera | 10,985 | 17.0 | |
| Democratic | Jo Anne Simon | 3,991 | 6.2 | |
| Democratic | Elizabeth Holtzman | 2,845 | 4.4 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Li | 777 | 1.2 | |
| Democratic | Yan Xiong | 686 | 1.1 | |
| Democratic | Maud Maron | 578 | 0.9 | |
| Democratic | Bill de Blasio (withdrawn) | 477 | 0.7 | |
| Democratic | Brian Robinson | 322 | 0.5 | |
| Democratic | Peter Gleason | 147 | 0.2 | |
| Democratic | Quanda Francis | 121 | 0.2 | |
| Total votes | 64,772 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Goldman | 160,582 | 83.4 | |
| Republican | Benine Hamdan | 26,711 | 13.8 | |
| Conservative | Benine Hamdan | 2,347 | 1.2 | |
| Total | Benine Hamdan | 29,058 | 15.1 | |
| Medical Freedom Party | Steve Speer | 1,447 | 0.7 | |
| Write-in | 1,260 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 192,347 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Goldman (incumbent) | 22,708 | 66.1 | |
| Democratic | Evan Hutchison | 8,073 | 23.5 | |
| Democratic | Bruno Grandsard | 3,599 | 10.5 | |
| Total votes | 34,380 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Goldman (incumbent) | 206,206 | 81.0 | |
| Republican | Alexander Dodenhoff | 37,555 | 14.8 | |
| Conservative | Paul Briscoe | 6,747 | 2.7 | |
| Write-in | 4,048 | 1.6 | ||
| Total votes | 254,556 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Dan Goldman (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Brad Lander | |||
| Total votes | ||||
Goldman has married twice. In 2002, he marriedOlympic diver and lawyerAnne Montminy; she is fromMontreal.[1] They divorced in 2008,[better source needed] after having two children.[5] In 2013, he married Corinne Levy; they have three children.[5]
Goldman is among thewealthiest members of Congress, with an estimated personalnet worth of up to $253 million according to financial disclosure forms.[9]
Cucinella said she requested Goldman to be on the trial team "because he has a bit of a swagger as a trial lawyer, and it's a confidence that serves him well. In a courtroom, he's incredibly effective."
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 10th congressional district 2023–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | United States representatives by seniority 316th | Succeeded by |
