Candidate · U.S. House, District 5
Lance Gooden
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Texas District 5 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative
- Lives in
- Terrell
Background
- Born in 1982; bachelor's degree in government (2001) and BBA in finance (2004) from the University of Texas at Austin. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Former legislative assistant to State Rep. Betty Brown. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Texas House District 4, 2011 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019. source: en.wikipedia.org
- U.S. Representative for Texas District 5 since January 3, 2019; unopposed in the March 2026 Republican primary. source: en.wikipedia.org
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