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U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?

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LANCE GOODEN

LANCE GOODEN

U.S. House · Texas District 5

NationalRepublican

Candidate
CHELSEY HOCKETT

CHELSEY HOCKETT

Running for U.S. House · Texas District 5

NationalDemocrat

LANCE GOODENCurrent repCHELSEY HOCKETTChallenger

Job fit

LANCE GOODEN

Offices held

  • Oath of Office: Jan. 03, 2025 1

CHELSEY HOCKETT

Other work

  • After that, I worked as a travel consultant for an airline on the cargo and military side, booking travel for pilots, mechanics, and corporate staff. 2
  • I started out serving tables and bartending, then went on to manage restaurants and later became a Regional Training Manager. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

LANCE GOODEN

No stated positions on file yet.

CHELSEY HOCKETT

  • Health care costs
    Supports Medicare-for-All, describing healthcare as a human right rather than a privilege owed only to those who can pay. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Calls for a $25 minimum wage and expanded Social Security, funded by fair taxation on corporations and wealthy individuals. 3

No public stance found on: Guns, Crime & safety, Immigration, Climate & energy

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How they voted on top issues

LANCE GOODEN

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Limits on lessons and more say for parents (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Guns → Protecting the right to own and carry guns (3 of 3 votes) 4

CHELSEY HOCKETT

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

LANCE GOODEN

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorscompaniesother politiciansindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$5Klarge donors$391Kcompanies$189Kotherpoliticians$116Kindustryassociations$106KOther kinds ofdonors$107K$922K raised
$5,2585Small individual donors
$391,3355Large individual donors

CHELSEY HOCKETT

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donors
small donors$6Klarge donors$7K$13K raised
$6,1326Small individual donors
$6,5346Large individual donors

Checks

LANCE GOODEN

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 2 since 2024. 7

CHELSEY HOCKETT

No voting record to check yet

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  2. Interview with Chelsey Hockett, (Democratic candidate: Texas #05) · checked 2026-10-18 used in: Experience
  3. chelseyhockettforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2024-11-20 used in: Checks