Dan Crenshaw represents Texas's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, first elected in 2018. A former Navy SEAL who served multiple combat deployments, he lost his right eye during his third deployment to Afghanistan in 2012. He serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, with assignments to several subcommittees including Defense Intelligence and Oversight Architecture, Health, and the CIA Subcommittee.

Name

Dan Crenshaw

Party

Republican

State

Texas

District

TX-2

Committees

Intelligence (Permanent Select) Committee, Environment Subcommittee, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture

Key Fact 1

Dan Crenshaw served as a Navy SEAL for ten years, completing five deployments including two to Iraq and three to Afghanistan.

Key Fact 2

He was medically retired from the Navy in 2016 as a Lieutenant Commander after losing his right eye in an IED blast in Helmand Province in 2012.

Key Fact 3

Crenshaw earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Tufts University and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

Key Fact 4

He was first elected to Congress in 2018, winning the seat previously held by retiring Republican Ted Poe.

Key Fact 5

He serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, focusing on defense intelligence and CIA oversight.

Key Fact 6

He also serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, with assignments to the Health and Environment subcommittees.

Key Fact 7

Crenshaw received national attention in 2018 after appearing on Saturday Night Live following a controversial joke about his eye patch.

Key Fact 8

He has authored legislation related to veterans' issues, national security, and energy policy during his tenure in Congress.

Data from Congress.gov