Lance Gooden

U.S. Congressman, Texas’s 5th District

Congressman Lance Gooden has represented Texas’ 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. The district stretches from Dallas County to Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Wood, and Upshur counties. He serves on the House Committee on the Judiciary and the House Armed Services Committee. Before Congress, he served three terms in the Texas House of Representatives and worked in the insurance industry for 10 years. A graduate of Terrell High School, he earned a B.A. in government and a B.B.A. in finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He and his wife, Alexa, live in Terrell with their two children.

Photo: official U.S. House portrait (public domain), cropped.