Gooden, Lance
person
Biography
Lance Carter Gooden (born December 1, 1982) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district since 2019. His district includes parts of eastern Dallas, as well as a large swath of exurban and rural territory to Dallas's east. A member of the Republican Party, Gooden served as the Texas State Representative for the 4th district (Henderson County and Kaufman County) from 2011 to 2015. He lost his reelection bid in the 2014 Republican primary election but was returned to office in the 2016 election for a non-consecutive third term in the state legislature before he ran for Congress.
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Core attributes
- Canonical name
- Gooden, Lance
- First name
- Lance
- Last name
- Gooden
- Occupation
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- Year of birth
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-07-10)
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US Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:G000589
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Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- G000589
- fec_candidate_id
- H8TX05144
- fec_candidate_ids
- H8TX05144
- govtrack_id
- 412822
- wikidata_id
- Q6483406