Lance Gooden

U.S. Representative · TX-5 · Republican

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 10, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

0.20· expected 1.41

Below expectations

Rank 375 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Gooden’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

14 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 14 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

How Gooden’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Gooden.

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 6 missed of 674

Voted on 668 of 674 roll calls; missed 6. Higher than 75% of House members.

15%100%

99/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 39 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 472 votes that split the parties. Higher than 74% of House members.

45%100%

11/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 57% of House members.

0%70%

+0.72

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Gooden’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 1468 Protect America’s Innovation and Economic Security from CCP ActReestablishes a Justice Department initiative to combat Chinese government espionage and intellectual property theft. AI-readCrime and Law Enforcement · Out of committee Jun 15, 2026Substantive997 words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.