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Texas · U.S. House

Texas 5th District

Lance Gooden wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Lance Gooden R won 130,278 51.5%
Chelsey Hockett D 122,855 48.5%
Total253,133

227 of 227 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 3:43 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 6:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Dallas 124,113 D +28.1 D +10.3 D +17.9 100%
Kaufman 60,866 R +5.0 R +28.1 D +23.1 100%
Henderson 30,877 R +53.8 R +63.9 D +10.0 100%
Van Zandt 22,136 R +67.3 R +75.2 D +7.9 100%
Anderson 15,141 R +51.4 R +62.2 D +10.8 100%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
Lance Gooden wins——
+1,691 votes253,133R +2.9
+10,102 votes251,442R +3.2
+4,937 votes241,340R +3.7
+1,425 votes236,403R +4.5
+7,304 votes234,978R +4.6
+7,838 votes227,674R +4.4
+7,285 votes219,836R +1.9
+1,841 votes212,551R +2.8
+660 votes210,710R +2.9
+3,709 votes210,050R +2.7
+2,777 votes206,341R +2.3