Lance Gooden is the U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district, serving since 2019. The district includes much of eastern Dallas, as well as a swath of exurban and rural territory to Dallas's east. Gooden previously served in the Texas House of Representatives for the 4th district (Henderson and Kaufman counties). He served in the State House from 2011 to 2015 before he lost his reelection bid in the 2014 Republican primary election. He was returned to office in 2016 for a nonconsecutive third term in the legislature. Gooden voted against certifying the electors from Arizona and Pennsylvania in the 2020 United States presidential election and voted against the second impeachment of Donald Trump following the 2021 United States Capitol attack.