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Texas District 5 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Texas District 5

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U.S. House, Texas District 5 · Incumbent running
DEMNominee
Chelsey Hockett
8%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPNominee
Lance Gooden incumbent
92%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentLance Gooden

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
92% Lance Gooden · RepublicanChance to win, between the two named candidates
REP Lance Gooden 92%
DEM Chelsey Hockett 8%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Prior result, this seat Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMHockettREPGooden
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Chelsey Hockett$56,907.83
Lance Gooden$1,526,218.36
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Chelsey Hockett$-43,669.28
Lance Gooden$899,736.90
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Chelsey Hockett$27,222.70
Lance Gooden$1,343,838.42
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Chelsey HockettNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Lance GoodenNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Chelsey HockettNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Lance GoodenNot available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    not available

    Not available The district lean is held: this state's House map was redrawn, and the plan-aware lean has not yet been cross-checked.

    Prior result, this seat

    not available

    Not available District redrawn; not comparable.

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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