Lance Gooden

Service history

8 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2019

Representative TX-5 2019–present

Background

role U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district since 2019
role Served as Texas State Representative for the 4th district from 2011 to 2015
role Returned to the Texas House in the 2016 election for a non-consecutive third term before running for Congress
background Born December 1, 1982

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House TX-05 · 2026 General Election

$1,341,647 raised
$729,587 spent
$1,329,417 cash on hand

	$1.34M
	$920.13K
	$396.59K
Itemized (≥ $200)	$391.33K
Unitemized (< $200)	$5.26K
Other committees (PACs)	$523.53K
Transfers from other committees	$389.30K
Other receipts	$32.22K
	$729.59K
Operating expenditures	$729.59K
Cash on hand	$1.33M
Debts owed by committee	$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: Jul 23, 2026

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Lance Gooden campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
2018	$1,038,984	$884,794	$154,190
2020	$1,610,327	$1,311,983	$452,535
2022	$1,038,969	$1,021,286	$470,218
2024	$1,136,644	$889,505	$717,357
2026	$1,341,647	$729,587	$1,329,417

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $213,620 ·

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

98.9%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 619 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
12
Bills sponsored →
plus 216 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 12 bills sponsored

Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.
99%
Party-unity voting →
votes with the party majority · median 99% · on 437 party-line votes

Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.
1%
Cross-party voting →
votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.
0
Documented positions →
no positions documented yet

Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.
7
Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees

Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.
3
Disclosed stock trades →
3 tickers

Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.
2
Documented relationships →
neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Lance Gooden. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

98.9%

of House roll calls voted House median 100.0% · −1.1 pts below median

474Yea 136Nay 2Present 7Not voting

Full voting record (619 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 619 of 645 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Committee assignments (7)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,351,181. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Finance $96,000 · 24 PACs
Energy $55,000 · 18 PACs
Health $27,500 · 10 PACs
Telecom $23,000 · 6 PACs
Defense $23,000 · 13 PACs
Technology $2,000 · 1 PAC

Top PAC contributors (10)

AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $46,628
GOODEN VICTORY FUND $43,644
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $35,000
ON WISCONSIN PAC, INC. $25,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $23,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS $22,000
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $20,000
THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $20,000
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC $20,000
GROWING OUR OWN DYNAMIC ECONOMY NOW $20,000

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

NULL $63,200
BIOUS $9,900
CADWALADER $6,600
ISTATION $6,600
COPART, INC $6,600
CASH STORE $6,600
HILLWOOD $6,600
AMERICAN PAWN SUPERSTORES $6,600
UP MANAGEMENT $6,600
STANDARD INDUSTRIES $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

2026 cycle $54 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
2024 cycle $1,355 supporting · $0 opposing · 2 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Issue positions (15)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

AbortionPartial oppose from votes
Civil RightsPartial support from votes
Climate & EnergyPartial oppose from votes
Criminal JusticePartial support from votes
DefensePartial support from votes
Economy & TaxesPartial support from votes
EducationPartial support from votes
Foreign PolicyPartial support from votes
Gun PolicyPartial support from votes
HealthcarePartial support from votes
HousingPartial support from votes
ImmigrationPartial oppose from votes
Labor & WagesPartial support from votes
Technology & PrivacyPartial support from votes
Voting & ElectionsOppose from votes

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Gooden, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

Committee oversight & campaign money — defense coverage: medium

Sits on the House Committee on Armed Services, which oversees the defense sector, and received 13 PAC contributions from defense-sector political action committees totaling $23,000 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees House Committee on Armed Services · Member

FEC PAC contributions
Committee oversight & campaign money — technology coverage: medium

Sits on the House Committee on the Judiciary, which oversees the technology sector, and received 1 PAC contribution from technology-sector political action committees totaling $2,000 (recent cycles).

PAC industry is approximated from a curated keyword map, and only members with an FEC candidate id on file are covered — real totals may be higher.

Committees House Committee on the Judiciary · Member

FEC PAC contributions

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Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Gooden most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Gooden connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.