Texas' 5th Congressional District

Texas' 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Lance Gooden

Assumed office: January 3, 2019

Texas' 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Lance Gooden (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Texas representatives represented an average of 767,981 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 701,901 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Ruth Torres in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden (R)	64.1	192,185
		Ruth Torres (D)	35.9	107,712

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 299,897
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Antonio Rodriguez (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Ruth Torres advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ruth Torres	100.0	17,145

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,145
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden	100.0	59,069

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 59,069
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2022

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Tartisha Hill, Kevin Hale, and Ruth Torres in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden (R)	64.0	135,595
		Tartisha Hill (D)	33.9	71,930
		Kevin Hale (L)	2.0	4,293
		Ruth Torres (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	147

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 211,965
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Tartisha Hill defeated Kathleen Bailey in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tartisha Hill	52.7	10,689
		Kathleen Bailey	47.3	9,605

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,294
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Charles Gearing (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 1, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden	100.0	47,692

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5

Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 19, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Kevin Hale (L)

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2020

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Carolyn Salter and Kevin Hale in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden (R)	62.0	173,836
		Carolyn Salter (D)	35.9	100,743
		Kevin Hale (L)	2.1	5,834

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 280,413
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Carolyn Salter advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carolyn Salter	100.0	34,641

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,641
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Incumbent Lance Gooden defeated Don Hill in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden	83.4	57,253
		Don Hill	16.6	11,372

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 68,625
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5

Kevin Hale advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 21, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Kevin Hale (L)

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2018

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Texas District 5

Lance Gooden defeated Dan Wood in the general election for U.S. House Texas District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden (R)	62.3	130,617
		Dan Wood (D)	37.5	78,666
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	224

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 209,507
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 5

Lance Gooden defeated Bunni Pounds in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Texas District 5 on May 22, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden	53.1	23,294
		Bunni Pounds	46.9	20,542

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 43,836
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

Dan Wood advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dan Wood	100.0	16,923

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Texas District 5 on March 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lance Gooden	30.0	17,551
✔		Bunni Pounds	21.9	12,851
		Sam Deen	17.2	10,051
		Kenneth Sheets	12.0	7,024
		Jason Wright	11.4	6,690
	Submit photo	Danny Campbell	3.0	1,770
		David Williams	2.7	1,601
		Charles Lingerfelt	1.7	1,022

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,560
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2016

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Jeb Hensarling (R) defeated Ken Ashby (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hensarling also faced no challenger in the Republican primary on March 1, 2016.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling Incumbent	80.6%	155,469
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	19.4%	37,406
Total Votes				192,875
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2014

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jeb Hensarling (R) defeated Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling Incumbent	85.4%	88,998
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	14.6%	15,264
Total Votes				104,262
Source: Texas Secretary of State

2012

See also: Texas' 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Texas held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Jeb Hensarling (R) won re-election. He defeated Linda Mrosko (D) and Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling Incumbent	64.4%	134,091
	Democratic	Linda S. Mrosko	33.2%	69,178
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	2.4%	4,961
Total Votes				208,230
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Jeb Hensarling won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Berry (D) and Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling incumbent	70.5%	106,742
	Democratic	Tom Berry	27.5%	41,649
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	2%	2,958
Total Votes				151,349

2008
On November 4, 2008, Jeb Hensarling won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling incumbent	83.6%	162,894
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	16.4%	31,967
Total Votes				194,861

2006
On November 7, 2006, Jeb Hensarling won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Charlie Thompson (D) and Mike Nelson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling incumbent	61.8%	88,478
	Democratic	Charlie Thompson	35.6%	50,983
	Libertarian	Mike Nelson	2.6%	3,791
Total Votes				143,252

2004
On November 2, 2004, Jeb Hensarling won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Bernstein (D) and John Gonzalez (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling incumbent	64.5%	148,816
	Democratic	Bill Bernstein	32.9%	75,911
	Libertarian	John Gonzalez	2.7%	6,118
Total Votes				230,845

2002
On November 5, 2002, Jeb Hensarling won election to the United States House. He defeated Ron Chapman (D), Dan Michalski (L) and Thomas Kemper (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jeb Hensarling	58.2%	81,439
	Democratic	Ron Chapman	40.3%	56,330
	Libertarian	Dan Michalski	0.9%	1,283
	Green	Thomas Kemper	0.6%	856
Total Votes				139,908

2000
On November 7, 2000, Pete Sessions won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Regina Montoya Coggins (D) and Ken Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Sessions incumbent	54%	100,487
	Democratic	Regina Montoya Coggins	44.4%	82,629
	Libertarian	Ken Ashby	1.5%	2,842
Total Votes				185,958

1998
On November 3, 1998, Pete Sessions won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Victor Morales (D) and Michael Needleman (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 1998
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Sessions incumbent	55.8%	61,714
	Democratic	Victor Morales	43.4%	48,073
	Libertarian	Michael Needleman	0.8%	880
Total Votes				110,667

1996
On November 5, 1996, Pete Sessions won election to the United States House. He defeated John Pouland (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 1996
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Pete Sessions	53.1%	80,196
	Democratic	John Pouland	46.9%	70,922
	N/A	Write-in	0%	1
Total Votes				151,119

1994
On November 8, 1994, John Bryant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Pete Sessions (R), Barbara Morgan (I), Noel Kopala (L) and Reina Arashvand (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 1994
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Bryant incumbent	50.1%	61,877
	Republican	Pete Sessions	47.3%	58,521
	Independent	Barbara Morgan	1.4%	1,715
	Libertarian	Noel Kopala	0.7%	876
	Independent	Reina Arashvand	0.5%	627
Total Votes				123,616

1992
On November 3, 1992, John Bryant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Richard Stokley (R) and William Walker (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Bryant incumbent	58.9%	98,567
	Republican	Richard Stokley	37.3%	62,419
	Libertarian	William Walker	3.8%	6,344
Total Votes				167,330

1990
On November 6, 1990, John Bryant won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jerry Rucker (R) and Kenneth Ashby (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Texas District 5 General Election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	John Bryant incumbent	59.6%	65,228
	Republican	Jerry Rucker	37.7%	41,307
	Libertarian	Kenneth Ashby	2.7%	2,939
Total Votes				109,474

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2020 census

In August 2025, the Texas Legislature proposed a new congressional district map during special legislative sessions that prompted Democratic legislators to leave the state to prevent a quorum. Click here to read more about the 2025 Democratic walkout during mid-decade redistricting in Texas.

On August 20, 2025, the Texas House approved House Bill 4 containing a new congressional map by an 88-52 vote along party lines. On August 23, 2025, the Texas Senate approved the map by an 18-11 vote along party lines. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the new map into law on August 29, 2025. The bill text stated the new district boundaries would take effect for the 2026 elections.

Texas first enacted new congressional districts on October 25, 2021. The Senate released a proposed congressional map on September 27, 2021, and approved an amended version of the proposal on October 8, 2021. On October 13, 2021, the House Redistricting Committee approved an amended version of the congressional map, and both chambers of the legislature approved a finalized version of the map on October 18, 2021. The Senate approved the proposal in an 18-13 vote, and the House approved the bill in an 84-59 vote. Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed the map into law on October 25, 2021. This map took effect for Texas' 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Texas work? In Texas, both congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by the Texas State Legislature. These lines are subject to veto by the governor.

If the state legislature is unable to approve a state legislative redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines (the backup commission is not involved in congressional redistricting). This backup commission, established in 1948, comprises the following members:

1. Lieutenant governor
2. Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
3. Attorney general
4. State comptroller
5. Commissioner of the General Land Office

The Texas Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous and "that they preserve whole counties when population mandates permit."

Texas District 5
before 2020 redistricting cycle

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Texas District 5
after 2020 redistricting cycle

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The 5th Congressional District of Texas, prior to the 2010-2011 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Texas after the 2010 census

Following the 2010 United States Census, Texas gained four congressional seats. Texas' final congressional redistricting plan was approved by the Texas Legislature and signed by Gov. Rick Perry (R) in June 2013.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 5th the 93rd most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 5th the 90th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 60.6%-38.2%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 5th the 95th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 38.2% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 60.6%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Texas' 5th Congressional District the 72nd most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.91. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.91 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Texas
• Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Texas' 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack.us Texas's 5th Congressional District & Map

Footnotes

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Texas' current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

John Cornyn (R)

Ted Cruz (R)

Representatives

District 1

Nathaniel Moran (R)

District 2

Daniel Crenshaw (R)

District 3

Keith Self (R)

District 4

Pat Fallon (R)

District 5

Lance Gooden (R)

District 6

Jake Ellzey (R)

District 7

Lizzie Fletcher (D)

District 8

Morgan Luttrell (R)

District 9

Al Green (D)

District 10

Michael McCaul (R)

District 11

August Pfluger (R)

District 12

Craig Goldman (R)

District 13

Ronny Jackson (R)

District 14

Randy Weber (R)

District 15

Monica De La Cruz (R)

District 16

Veronica Escobar (D)

District 17

Pete Sessions (R)

District 18

Vacant

District 19

Jodey Arrington (R)

District 20

Joaquin Castro (D)

District 21

Chip Roy (R)

District 22

Troy Nehls (R)

District 23

Tony Gonzales (R)

District 24

Beth Van Duyne (R)

District 25

Roger Williams (R)

District 26

Brandon Gill (R)

District 27

Michael Cloud (R)

District 28

Henry Cuellar (D)

District 29

Sylvia Garcia (D)

District 30

Jasmine Crockett (D)

District 31

John Carter (R)

District 32

Julie Johnson (D)

District 33

Marc Veasey (D)

District 34

Vicente Gonzalez (D)

District 35

Greg Casar (D)

District 36

Brian Babin (R)

District 37

Lloyd Doggett (D)

District 38

Wesley Hunt (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (12)

Vacancies (1)