Race context
Lance Gooden is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Texas, U.S. House, 05. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Ruth Torres (Democratic), Travis Edwards (Republican).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 35 background claims; 3 positions claims; 2 finance claims; 1426 votes claims; 2 controversies claims; 2 federal court records claims; 1138 other sourced notes claims; 3 ideology claims.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
The profile record reports 1426 vote claims. Claim text for that kind was not in the rows returned for this page.
Finance claims on file: 2. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H8TX05144.
Indexed field reading
Lance Gooden is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Texas, U.S. House, 05. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Lance Gooden, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Lance Gooden is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent for Lance Gooden. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Lance Gooden is H8TX05144.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Lance Gooden reports 2707 public claims, 2707 valid citations, and 2707 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Lance Gooden: background (35), positions (3), finance (2), votes (1426), controversies (2), federal court records (2), other sourced notes (1138), ideology (3). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Lance Gooden returned 4 other indexed profiles: Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Ruth Torres (Democratic), Travis Edwards (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Lance Gooden: FEC H8TX05144; Other voteview:119:21925; GovTrack G000589; Wikidata Q6483406; Vote Smart 177282; Wikipedia Lance Gooden; Grokipedia Lance Gooden; Ballotpedia Lance Gooden.
Social handles stored for Lance Gooden: X Lancegooden (last polled 2026-06-30).
Profile questions
What office is Lance Gooden indexed for?
Lance Gooden is indexed for Texas, U.S. House, 05. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Texas 05. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Lance Gooden?
The party label on file for Lance Gooden is Republican.
What is Lance Gooden's candidate status?
Lance Gooden is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Lance Gooden?
FEC candidate id on file: H8TX05144.
How many public claims are attached to Lance Gooden?
The route record reports 2707 public claims, 2707 valid citations, and 2707 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 35, Positions 3, Finance 2, Votes 1426, Controversies 2, Federal Court Records 2, Other Sourced Notes 1138, Ideology 3. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Lance Gooden indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is incumbent.
Who else is indexed in Lance Gooden's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Chelsey Alexandra Hockett (Democratic), Deadra Marsh-Foy (Independent), Ruth Torres (Democratic), Travis Edwards (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.