# Lance Gooden

Lance Gooden is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Texas’s 5th district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Texas’s 5th district
- Serving since: 2019-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: G000589
- FEC candidate IDs: H8TX05144

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000589 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

9.8% of Gooden’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.6 times the House Republican average of 2.1%.

## What Gooden says (119th Congress (2025–27))

2,090 classified statements: 2,004 posts on X, 45 newsletters, 23 press releases, 18 Congressional Record speeches. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gooden | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.8% | 2.1% | 7 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 25.5% | 15.1% | 15 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 70.2% | 67.7% | 100 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.2% | 8.9% | 214 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 24.9% | 37.4% | 187 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 9.4% | 3.0% | 8 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 39% (House Republicans 13%); Government Operations and Politics 23% (House Republicans 19%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (House Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 15% (House Republicans 19%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (House Republicans 24%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.30 (standard error 0.01), from 884 donors and 3,811 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 99.1% (97.1%). 19 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · 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… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 227. 7.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 169 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10272: End Gas Station Heroin Act (in committee, 2026-09-03) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10272
- H.R. 9276: Federal Cryptocurrency Theft Enforcement and Coordination Act (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9276
- H.R. 8685: Protect the Presidency Act (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8685
- H.R. 7612: End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7612
- H.R. 7387: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7387
- H.R. 7361: No Tax on Restored Benefits Act (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7361
- H.R. 7035: Credit Card Competition Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7035
- H.R. 6792: Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-12-17) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6792
- H.R. 6262: Taiwan Interpol Endorsement and Inclusion Act (in committee, 2025-11-21) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6262
- H.R. 3966: Think Tank and Nonprofit Foreign Influence Disclosure Act (in committee, 2025-06-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3966

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $1.5M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 1.4% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 68% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114748856558551234
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114778837384831108
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114824396682772663
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114401498184425660
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114416704864370760
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114431806191866049
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114074571402092935
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114089545637437778
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2114135095858942341
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Lancegooden/status/2113704557846937622

## Links

- Official site: https://gooden.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/Lancegooden
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/UCaEs0pYlL_1cLlPBHfl0RIg
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000589

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/G000589