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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Lance Gooden
|name=Lance Gooden
|office=Texas State Representative for District 4
|term_start=January 2011
|term_end=January 2015
|term_start2=January 2017
|term_end2=January 2019
|preceded=Betty Brown
|succeeded=Stuart Spitzer
|preceded2=Stuart Spitzer
|succeeded2=Pending
|birth_date=December 1, 1982
|birth_date=December 1, 1982
|birth_place=Terrell, Kaufman County<br>[[Texas]]
|birth_place=Terrell, Kaufman County<br>[[Texas]]
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|spouse=Alexa Calligas Gooden (married 2016)
|spouse=Alexa Calligas Gooden (married 2016)
In 2010, Gooden had no [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponent in his heavily Republican district.<ref>[http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20100104-Tough-fights-for-Texas-House-shape-8632.ece ''Dallas News'']</ref><ref>[http://www.kaufmanherald.com/articles/2010/03/04/news/doc4b8fdf3519325787303344.txt '' Kaufmann Herald'']</ref>
In 2010, Gooden had no [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponent in his heavily Republican district.<ref>[http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20100104-Tough-fights-for-Texas-House-shape-8632.ece ''Dallas News'']</ref><ref>[http://www.kaufmanherald.com/articles/2010/03/04/news/doc4b8fdf3519325787303344.txt '' Kaufmann Herald'']</ref>
Gooden won renomination to a second term in the Republican primary held on May 29, 2012. He polled 6,385 votes (53.5 percent) to 5,545 (46.5 percent) for his more [[conservative]] opponent, the physician Stuart Spitzer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/may29_160_state.htm|title=Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012|publisher=enr.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 30, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Spitzer unseated Gooden in the Republican primary, but Gooden returned in triumph in the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016. In the primary held on March 6, 2018, when Gooden did not seek a third nonconsecutive term in the state House, Spitzer led with nearly 46 percent of the ballots cast and faces intra-party rival Keith Bell in the May 22 runoff.<ref name=ereturns/>
Gooden won renomination to a second term in the Republican primary held on May 29, 2012. He polled 6,385 votes (53.5 percent) to 5,545 (46.5 percent) for his more [[conservative]] opponent, the physician Stuart Spitzer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enr.sos.state.tx.us/enr/results/may29_160_state.htm|title=Republican primary election returns, May 29, 2012|publisher=enr.sos.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 30, 2012}}</ref> In 2014, Spitzer unseated Gooden in the Republican primary, but Gooden returned in triumph in the Republican primary held on March 1, 2016. In the primary held on March 6, 2018, when Gooden did not seek a fourth non-consecutive term in the state House, Spitzer led with nearly 46 percent of the ballots cast and faces intra-party rival Keith Bell in the May 22 runoff contest.<ref name=ereturns/>
In the 2018 primary, Gooden led an eight-candidate field for Texas' 5th congressional district seat being vacated by the retiring Jeb Hensarling. With 10,272 votes (32.3 percent), he faces the second-placed candidate, Bunni Pounds, in the pending runoff election. Pounds, the preferred choice of Hensarling, finished in the primary 6,872 votes (21.6 percent). The six other candidates hekd the remaining 46.1 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref>
In the 2018 primary, Gooden led an eight-candidate field for Texas' 5th congressional district seat being vacated by the retiring Jeb Hensarling. With 10,272 votes (32.3 percent), he faces the second-placed candidate, Bunni Pounds, in the pending runoff election. Pounds, the preferred choice of Hensarling, finished in the primary 6,872 votes (21.6 percent). The six other candidates hekd the remaining 46.1 percent of the ballots cast.<ref name=ereturns>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/mar06_325_state.htm?x=0&y=1394&id=142|title=Election Returns|date=March 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref>