2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Texas District 5

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

Candidates

Lance Gooden

RepublicanIncumbent

Current office: U.S. Representative, Texas District 5

Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Texas's 5th congressional district, serving since 2019. House committee assignments: Committee on Armed Services; Committee on the Judiciary.

Campaign website

About sources

House Member Data (MemberData.xml) (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (U.S. government work))
congress-legislators: legislators-current.json (service dates) (@unitedstates project, CC0 1.0)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Congress, Public domain (U.S. government work))
Lance Gooden (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Chelsey Hockett

Democratic

Chelsey Hockett is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: stay-at-home mom.

Campaign website

About sources

2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Ballot Certification Report, 2026 November General Election (state and district offices), and Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Texas Secretary of State, Public record)
2026 United States House of Representatives elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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