Lance Gooden
Lance Gooden | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 5th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jeb Hensarling |
| Member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 4th district | |
| In office January 10, 2017 – January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Stuart Spitzer |
| Succeeded by | Keith Bell |
| In office January 11, 2011 – January 13, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Betty Brown |
| Succeeded by | Stuart Spitzer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lance Carter Gooden December 1, 1982 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse |
Alexa Calligas (m. 2016) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin (BA, BBA) |
| Website | House website |
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.