Daniel Reed Crenshaw is an American politician and former United States Navy SEAL officer serving as the United States representative for Texas’s 2nd congressional district since 2019. The district includes parts of northern and western Houston. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Crenshaw was commissioned in the United States Navy, and served on SEAL Team 3 in the War in Afghanistan, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander. He was wounded in action during his third deployment, losing his right eye to an improvised explosive device. He served as a legislative assistant to Representative Pete Sessions and was elected to Congress in the 2018 midterm election to succeed the retiring Ted Poe.
Tara Blake: Who is Dan Crenshaw’s wife?
Dan and Tara met through a mutual friend. He was a Navy SEAL at the time and she was a dental hygienist. She talks about the early stages of their relationship in Dan Crenshaw As A Husband, Person, and Promised Leader. They married on 1 April 2013, in Colorado, California. Three years later, they moved to Massachusetts. Crenshaw studied public administration there, at Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government.
