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|term_start2=January 2017  

|term_start2=January 2017  

|term_end2=January 2019

|term_end2=January 2019

|preceded=Betty Brown

|preceded=Betty J. Brown

|succeeded=Stuart Spitzer

|succeeded=Stuart Spitzer

|preceded2=Stuart Spitzer

|preceded2=Stuart Spitzer

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

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'''Lance Gooden''' (born December 1, 1982) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 4, which encompasses Kaufman and Henderson counties to the east of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. In the 2010 [[primary election]], Gooden narrowly upset the six-term incumbent Republican Representative, Betty Brown, with 50.5 percent of the vote.<ref>[http://www.athensreview.com/breakingnews/x1834681217/Gooden-upsets-incumbent-Brown  "Gooden upsets Brown" ''Athens Review'' March 3, 2010]</ref>  

'''Lance Gooden''' (born December 1, 1982) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] departing member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 4, which encompasses Kaufman and Henderson counties to the east of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. In the 2010 [[primary election]], Gooden narrowly upset the six-term incumbent Republican Representative, Betty J. Brown, with 50.5 percent of the vote.<ref>[http://www.athensreview.com/breakingnews/x1834681217/Gooden-upsets-incumbent-Brown  "Gooden upsets Brown" ''Athens Review'' March 3, 2010]</ref>  

A native of Terrell, a small city east of Dallas, Gooden, who is adopted, graduated from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], from which he received both a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in government and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

A native of Terrell, a small city east of Dallas, Gooden, who is adopted, graduated from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], from which he received both a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in government and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.