| Dan Goldman | |
| State: | New York |
| Term Start: | January 3, 2023 |
| Predecessor: | Jerry Nadler (redistricted) |
| Birth Name: | Daniel Sachs Goldman |
| Birth Date: | 26 February 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 5 |
| Relatives: | Rhoda Haas Goldman (grandmother) Richard Goldman (grandfather) Walter A. Haas (great-grandfather) |
| Education: | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (JD) |
| Signature: | Dan Goldman Signature.svg |
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Daniel Sachs Goldman (born February 26, 1976)[1] is an American politician and lawyer who has been the U.S. representative for New York's 10th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the lead majority counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump and lead counsel to House Managers in Trump's impeachment trial which was also in 2019.[2]
Goldman was born in Washington, D.C., to Susan and Richard W. Goldman.[3] His father was a federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C., who died when Goldman was a child. His paternal grandparents were Rhoda Haas Goldman and Richard Goldman; his great-grandfather was Walter A. Haas, president of Levi Strauss & Co. His great-great-grandfather was Abraham Haas, the founder of the Smart & Final chain of food stores. He grew up in a Conservative Jewish family[4] with his younger brother Bill Goldman, who died at age 38 in a plane crash in Sonoma, California,[5] as well as his sister Alice Reiter.[6] Daniel is an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune, and is the first cousin once removed of San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie, another member of the Levi Strauss family.[7] [8]
Daniel Goldman attended Sidwell Friends School in Washington D.C, where his mother previously served as chair of the board. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Yale University in 1998[9] and a Juris Doctor degree with distinction from Stanford Law School in 2005.[10] Before law school, he was an Olympics researcher and a writer for NBC Sports.
After graduating from law school, Goldman clerked for Charles Breyer of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and Robert D. Sack of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.[11] From 2007 to 2017, Goldman was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York under Preet Bharara.[12] He prosecuted Russian organized crime, Genovese crime family mobsters, including Fotios Geas, who murdered Whitey Bulger while in prison, and a variety of white-collar crime and securities fraud. In 2017, Goldman was the lead prosecutor of Billy Walters, a sports bettor who was convicted for insider trading. After leaving the Southern District, Goldman became a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC[13] and a fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York.
Goldman was hired as Senior Advisor and Director of Investigations for the House Intelligence Committee in February 2019 and later became the lead counsel for the first impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.[14] He questioned witnesses on behalf of the majority during the House Intelligence Committee's public hearings. On December 9, 2019, he provided testimony at the public hearing of the House Judiciary Committee.[15]
On November 16, 2021, Goldman announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for attorney general of New York in the 2022 election.[16] When incumbent Letitia James ended her campaign for governor in December and opted to run for reelection, Goldman withdrew and endorsed James.[17]
On June 1, 2022, Goldman announced his candidacy for United States Congress in New York's 10th district.[18] A July 14 poll by Data for Progress indicated Goldman had 12% of support, behind Councilwoman Carlina Rivera's 17% and Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou's 14% in the crowded Democratic primary, which also included incumbent congressman Mondaire Jones and former congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman.[19] 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%.[20] Goldman has been endorsed by New York state assemblymember Robert Carroll[21] and Brian A. Cunningham,[22] former U.S. representative Steve Israel,[23] former lieutenant governor of New York Richard Ravitch and The New York Times.[24] He received a backhanded endorsement from Donald 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".[25] [26]
Goldman raised more than $1.2 million from more than 2,100 individual contributions in the month after he declared his candidacy.[27] He received the maximum allowable campaign contributions from billionaire real estate developers Douglas Durst and Stephen M. Ross.[28] Ross was also a major fundraiser and supporter of Trump.[29] 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".[30] His campaign hired a Republican campaign consultant who supported Trump in the 2020 presidential election and called Representative Maxine Waters "retarded" over her support for Trump's impeachment to perform voter outreach to Orthodox Jewish voters in Borough Park, Brooklyn.[31] Goldman's campaign immediately fired the consultant and clarified that they were "unaware of these grossly offensive remarks" when City & State contacted them for comment.
Goldman's financial disclosures indicate he has a line of credit from Goldman Sachs worth up to $50 million in addition to investments in weapons manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, oil companies Chevron, ExxonMobil and Halliburton, and Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corporation & News Corp.[32] Goldman's campaign said he will put his assets into a blind trust if elected and that he is no longer invested in Sturm, Ruger & Co.[33] He narrowly won the Democratic nomination in the crowded primary, receiving 16,686 votes (25.8%).[34] He won the general election against Republican nominee Benine Hamdan with 83.9% of the vote.
While Goldman's victory in 2022 was cheered by the left, following Zohran Mamdani's primary victory, a poll suggested that Dan Goldman may be vulnerable to a challenge from further to the left.[35] [36] Brooklyn City Council Member Alexa Avilés explored a run to primary Goldman and had earned the endorsement of the NYC Democratic Socialists of America. Former Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou also explored a run and attended an endorsement forum with the New York Working Families Party (WFP) along with Avilés, Goldman, and Comptroller Brad Lander.[37] On December 10, 2025, Brad Lander formally announced a challenge. 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.[38]
Goldman's wife Corrine Levy Goldman who is the campaign treasurer has liked or reposted several social media posts that contained disparaging language against Palestinians. Most of these posts were published soon after the October 7 attacks. Corrine liked a post from @EndWokeness that showed people holding a “Jews for Palestine” sign with the message, “Chickens for KFC.” Other posts she liked suggested that people supporting a “Free Palestine” be sent to Gaza, to live under its rules.[39]
Per FEC records, AIPAC donated at least $170,000 in 2024 to the campaign. The campaign received another $184,000 from donors tied to AIPAC from 2023 to 2024, according to OpenSecrets.
On January 10, 2023, Goldman and Representative Ritchie Torres delivered an ethics complaint to the office of Representative George 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 and federal 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 endorse Zohran Mamdani for mayor.[43] [44]
Goldman has been described as a progressive Jewish Democrat according to AIPAC.[45]
Goldman has said he believes abortion is a health-care decision that "should be made between an individual and their doctor".[50] 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.[51] He said in the same interview that his personal views on abortion are secondary to the right of a woman to choose.[51]
In June 2023, Goldman and Congresswoman Judy Chu led more than 50 lawmakers in pressing Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major American pharmacies to sell the abortion pill, mifepristone.[52] In July, Goldman called the Dobbs decision "one of the very worst opinions that the Supreme Court has ever issued on both a legal and factual basis".[53]
Goldman accused the President Donald 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".[54]
Goldman supports increasing the national minimum wage, universal child care, and paid family leave.[55] He supports promoting business development, and requiring corporations to pay their fair share to "increase opportunity for all Americans".[55]
Goldman was one of the 46 Democrats who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[56]
Goldman said in his 2022 campaign that he supports the principles and goals of a Green New Deal to transition to clean energy and has called climate change an "existential threat". He supports public–private partnerships to incentivize private companies to invest in renewable energy.[57]
Goldman said that Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens Ukraine's sovereignty, international order, and democracy globally. He is in favor of U.S. aid to Ukraine and sanctions on Russia.[58]
In 2023, Goldman voted against H.Con.Res. 21, which directed President Joe Biden to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.[59] [60]
Goldman supports democracy in Taiwan, but opposed Speaker Nancy Pelosi's August 2022 visit to Taiwan and concurred with the Biden administration's assessment of the risks, citing intelligence and diplomatic concerns.[61]
Goldman has said he supports the two-state solution.[62] He opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, calling it a "thinly-veiled demonstration of antisemitism." He voted to support Israel following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[63] [64] In 2024, he signed an open-letter expressing "disgust" at South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice charging Israel with operating with intent to commit genocide in Gaza.[65] Goldman voted to censure Representative Rashida Tlaib for her use of the term "From the river to the sea."[66]
In 2025, Goldman did not endorse Democratic Party nominee for Mayor of New York Zohran Mamdani nor any of his opponents. Goldman felt Mamdani never "fully got there" in regards to denouncing antisemitism and being a supporter of peace between Israel and its antagonists.[67] Goldman agreed with most of Mayor Mamdani's policy agenda for the city in a 2026 interview with The New York Editorial Board.
During his 2022 campaign, Goldman said that he believes healthcare is a fundamental right and supported a public option and private health insurance while opposing Medicare for All.[68] Later in 2023, he co-sponsored the Medicare for All Act in Congress.[69]
Goldman supports "public–private partnerships" to combat New York City's lack of affordable housing. He supports construction by private real estate developers, fully funding NYCHA, and allocating federal dollars for private firms to update and manage properties NYCHA owns.[70]
Goldman opposes expanding the Supreme Court of the United States and said it is "antidemocratic" during a candidate forum.[71] He expressed support for implementing term limits on Supreme Court justices in an interview with New York Magazine.[72]
Goldman supports passing the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation and gender identity.[73] He said he had never marched in an LGBTQ Pride parade until 2022, saying his work as a federal prosecutor prevented him from doing so, in response to a questionnaire from the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.[74] 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 the Department of Justice, which states employees may "attend political rallies and meetings." and in fact, the Department of Justice has its own employee-run "DOJ Pride."
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 the Mexico–United States border wall.[75]
Goldman opposed a 2024 amendment to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act requiring a warrant to search foreign communications of citizens and permanent residents.[76]
Goldman has married twice. In 2002, he married Olympic diver and lawyer Anne Montminy; she is from Montreal.[77] They divorced in 2008, after having two children. In 2013, he married Corinne Levy; they have three children. Goldman and Corrine met at an AIPAC event in 2012.
Goldman is among the wealthiest members of Congress, with an estimated personal net worth of up to $253 million according to financial disclosure forms.
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