Representative · Texas's 5th district

Lance Gooden

Lance Gooden is a Republican representative for Texas's 5th district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 6, and cast 467 of 471 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party: Republican
Chamber: House; Current
In Congress since: Jan 3, 2019
Term ends: Jan 3, 2027

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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

Congress	Roll calls	Missed	Votes with party	Sponsored	Cosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives	675	0.9%6 of 675 · rank 327 of 439	99%467 of 471 · rank 111 of 439	140 became law	10%22 of 226
118th CongressHouse of Representatives	1,222	1.2%15 of 1,222 · rank 309 of 442	99%833 of 841 · rank 104 of 442	170 became law	9%29 of 315
117th CongressHouse of Representatives	997	0.4%4 of 997 · rank 343 of 443	98%560 of 571 · rank 218 of 443	270 became law	18%55 of 309

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.72+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 187–239· Against party
S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
H.Res. 888: Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct that reflects discreditably on the House of Representatives for colluding with convicted felony sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing.Nay
Nov 18, 2025· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Failed 209–214· Against party
H.R. 8752: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025Nay
Jun 26, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 189–222· Against party
H.R. 8070: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025Nay
Jun 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 196–231· Against party
H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
H.R. 4665: Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024Nay
Sep 28, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 132–298· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Texas's 5th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026: -$29.6M
Per resident: -$36.74
Rank in Texas: 38 of 38
Contract actions: 46.8K; New awards: 46.1K

By fiscal year

269.7MFY2017
129.2MFY2018
450.4MFY2019
126.4MFY2020
199.7MFY2021
306.3MFY2022
86MFY2023
231.2MFY2024
77.2MFY2025
-29.6MFY2026

Top buyers

Defense Logistics Agency$25.7M
Department of Defense
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$11.9M
Department of Justice
Office of the Secretary$6.4M
Department of Commerce
Department of Veterans Affairs$5.3M
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$3.2M
Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Coast Guard$2M
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Procurement Operations$1.7M
Department of Homeland Security
Agricultural Marketing Service$1.1M
Department of Agriculture

Top recipients

GENERAL DYNAMICS ORDNANCE AND TACTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$63M
3 awards
BROTHERS PRODUCE OF DALLAS, INC.$23.3M
44,680 awards
DELL FEDERAL SYSTEMS L.P$9.8M
28 awards
AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL HEALTHCARE, INC.$5.3M
21 awards
VETERAN ELEVATED SOLUTIONS, LLC$4.5M
1 award
DFW CAD SERVICES LLC$4M
1 award
BOEING DISTRIBUTION, INC.$2.1M
280 awards
SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION$1.7M
8 awards
PARAGON SYSTEMS INC$1.7M
20 awards
HIGH VIBRATIONAL INDUSTRIES LLC$1.2M
1 award

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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised: $1.3M; through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand: $1.3M
From committees: $690.3K; 151 committees
From contractor PACs: $124K; 33 PACs · 18% of committee money

IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsor	Given	Matched contract recipient	Its contracts, FY2026
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac	$10K	SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization	$6.6M
general atomicsgeneral atomics political action committee	$7,500	GENERAL ATOMICSAI match · 95% · the same organization	—
l3harris technologies, inc.l3harris technologies, inc. pac	$7,000	L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization	$115.4M
general dynamics corporationgeneral dynamics corporation political action committee (general dynamics employee pac)	$6,500	GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$29.3K
bae systemsbae systems inc. political action committee (bae systems usa pac)	$6,500	BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99% · the same organization	-$88K
lockheed martin corporationlockheed martin corporation employees' political action committee	$6,000	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization	$13.3B
jbs usa food companyjbs usa food company pac	$5,500	JBS USA FOOD COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization	$12.3M
national restaurant associationnational restaurant association pac (restaurant pac)	$5,000	NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONAI match · 93% · of one corporate family	$2M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee	$5,000	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization	—
northrop grumman corporationemployees of northrop grumman corporation pac	$5,000	NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONAI match · 100% · of one corporate family	$1.1B

By cycle

Cycle	Raised (FEC summary)	From committees	From contractor PACs
2026	$1.3M	$690.3K	$124K33 PACs · 18% of committee money
2024	$1.1M	$505K	$86K28 PACs · 17% of committee money
2022	$1M	$535.1K	$73K21 PACs · 14% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

House · Texas's 5th districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
House · Texas's 5th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
House · Texas's 5th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
House · Texas's 5th districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website: gooden.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-3484
Office: 2431 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)

Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.