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type: Person
title: "Lance Gooden"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - TX-5 — Congressional District 5"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - TX-5"
party: "R"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "TX"
district: "Congressional District 5"
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  - name: "House Committee on Armed Services - Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cyber-information-technologies-and-innovation"
  - name: "House Committee on Armed Services - Seapower and Projection Forces"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/seapower-and-projection-forces"
  - name: "House Committee on Armed Services - Tactical Air and Land Forces"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/tactical-air-and-land-forces"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/courts-intellectual-property-artificial-intelligence-and-the-internet"
  - name: "House Committee on the Judiciary - The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust"
    role: "member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-administrative-state-regulatory-reform-and-antitrust"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
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sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, tx]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Lance Gooden

Current U.S. House of Representatives - TX-5 (Congressional District 5).

Represents [Congressional District 5](/us/states/tx/districts/05.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Armed Services](/us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services.md)
- [House Committee on Armed Services - Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation](/us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/cyber-information-technologies-and-innovation.md)
- [House Committee on Armed Services - Seapower and Projection Forces](/us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/seapower-and-projection-forces.md)
- [House Committee on Armed Services - Tactical Air and Land Forces](/us/bodies/house/committees/armed-services/subcommittees/tactical-air-and-land-forces.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/courts-intellectual-property-artificial-intelligence-and-the-internet.md)
- [House Committee on the Judiciary - The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust](/us/bodies/house/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-administrative-state-regulatory-reform-and-antitrust.md)

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).