About this office
Texas is divided into 38 areas called districts, each with about 800,000 people. Every two years your district elects one U.S. Representative — one of 435 in Washington, and the only one who answers to you. They vote on laws that touch your health care, your taxes and your rights.
Candidates
Chelsey HockettBefore running for Congress, Chelsey Hockett worked restaurant jobs and for an airline while raising two kids in Terrell, Texas.
About Chelsey
Hockett is a union family mom from East Texas who earned her degree from Texas Woman's University in 2015 and has been active with the Kaufman County Democratic Party. She won the May 2026 Democratic runoff for Texas's 5th Congressional District, running as a working-class progressive on healthcare, housing, and union rights.
Lance GoodenLance Gooden finished his University of Texas government degree at just 19 years old, then went back for a business degree by 22.
About Lance
Gooden, of Terrell, spent three terms in the Texas House and a decade in the insurance industry before winning Texas's 5th Congressional District seat in 2018. He's now seeking re-election in November 2026 as one of the House's most reliably conservative Republicans.