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Elections · U.S. House, District 5 · Texas

Chelsey Hockett

Democrat On the November ballot

Raised for this seat

$13K

Through June 30, 2026

Cash on hand

$5K

Through June 30, 2026

On the November ballot

Hockett faces Lance Gooden for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Lance GoodenRepublican · $1.3MChelsey Hockettthis pageDemocrat · $13K

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 15, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

48%from small donors
Small donors
48%$6K
Large donors
52%$7K
PACs
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Party
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Self-funding
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Other
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Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Texas

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 30 days before the election.

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People
807K
Median household income
$79K
Unemployment
5.0%
Living below the poverty line
11.4%
Without health insurance
18.6%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, in ballot order, not money order.

The whole race

Record in office

Hockett has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on chelseyhockettforcongress.com

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.