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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Lance Carter Gooden
|name=Lance Carter Gooden
|office=[[U.S. Representative]]-elect for [[Texas]] District 5
|office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]] District 5
|term_start=January 3, 2019
|term_start=January 3, 2019
|term_end=
|term_end=
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
}}
}}
'''Lance Carter Gooden''' (born December 1, 1982) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]]-elect for [[Texas]]'s 5th congressional district. He is also a departing member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 4, which encompasses Kaufman and Henderson counties to the east of [[Dallas]]. In the [[general election]] held on NOvember 6, 2018, he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Dan Wood, an [[attorney]] in Terrell, a small city east of Dallas, who had drawn 16,923 votes in an unopposed bid for his party's nomination on March 6. According to supporters, Wood would "look out for the little guy" and seek to curb the power of high finance in American government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votedanwood.com/index.html|title=Texas' Fifth Congressional District: Dan Wood|publisher=Votedanwood.com|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref>Gooden finished with 130,404 votes (62.4 percent); Wood trailed with 78,394 (37.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>
'''Lance Carter Gooden''' (born December 1, 1982) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] for [[Texas]]'s 5th congressional district. He is a former member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 4, which encompasses Kaufman and Henderson counties to the east of [[Dallas]]. In the [[general election]] held on November 6, 2018, he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Dan Wood, an [[attorney]] in Terrell, a small city east of Dallas, who had drawn 16,923 votes in an unopposed bid for his party's nomination on March 6. According to supporters, Wood would "look out for the little guy" and seek to curb the power of high finance in American government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votedanwood.com/index.html|title=Texas' Fifth Congressional District: Dan Wood|publisher=Votedanwood.com|accessdate=May 23, 2018}}</ref>Gooden finished with 130,404 votes (62.4 percent); Wood trailed with 78,394 (37.5 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov06_331_state.htm?x=0&y=0&id=545|title=Election Returns|date=November 6, 2018|publisher=Texas Secretary of State|accessdate=November 7, 2018}}</ref>
A native of Terrell, 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, 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.