Summary

Texas's 5th congressional district
Texas's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Lance Gooden R–Terrell
Area	5,043.85 sq mi (13,063.5 km2)
Distribution	67.16% urban[1] 32.84% rural
Population (2018)	749,808[2]
Median income	$51,984
Ethnicity	46.2% white 29.1% Hispanic 15.8% black 4.1% other 1.8% Asian 0.5% Native American
Cook PVI	R+16[3]

Texas's 5th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives is in an area that includes a northeast portion of the City of Dallas, Dallas County including Mesquite plus a number of smaller counties south and east of Dallas including Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Van Zandt, and Kaufman counties. As of the 2000 census, the 5th district represents 651,620 people. The current Representative from the 5th district is Lance Gooden.

Carolyn Salter was the only Democrat to run in the Democratic primary for the race, and it is assumed she will face him in the November election.^[4] Republican Don Hill is running against Gooden in the Republican primary.^[5]

2012 redistricting

After the 2012 redistricting process, the eastern half of Wood County was removed, and there were slight changes to the district in Dallas County.^[6]

Voting

List of representatives

U.S. congressional district borders are periodically redrawn, therefore some district residence locations may no longer be in the 5th district.

Name	Took office	Left office	Cong ess	Party	District residence	Notes
District created March 4, 1875
John Hancock	March 4, 1875	March 3, 1877	44th	Democrat	Austin	Redistricted from the 4th district
Dewitt Clinton Giddings	March 4, 1877	March 3, 1879	45th	Democrat	Brenham
George Washington Jones	March 4, 1879	March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Greenback	Bastrop
James W. Throckmorton	March 4, 1883	March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Democrat	McKinney
Silas Hare	March 4, 1887	March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Democrat	Sherman
Joseph W. Bailey	March 4, 1891	March 3, 1901	52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Democrat	Gainesville
Choice B. Randell	March 4, 1901	March 3, 1903	57th	Democrat	Sherman	Redistricted to the 4th district
James Andrew Beall	March 4, 1903	March 3, 1915	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Democrat	Waxahachie
Hatton W. Sumners	March 4, 1915	January 3, 1947	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Democrat	Dallas	Redistricted from the At-large district
Joseph Franklin Wilson	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1955	80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Democrat	Dallas
Bruce R. Alger	January 3, 1955	January 3, 1965	84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Republican	Dallas
Earle Cabell	January 3, 1965	January 3, 1973	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Democrat	Dallas
Alan Steelman	January 3, 1973	January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Republican	Dallas
Jim Mattox	January 3, 1977	January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	Democrat	Dallas
John W. Bryant	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Democrat	Dallas
Pete Sessions	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Republican	Dallas	Redistricted to the 32nd district
Jeb Hensarling	January 3, 2003	January 3, 2019	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th	Republican	Dallas	Retired.
Lance Gooden	January 3, 2019	present	116th	Republican	Terrell

Recent elections

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

Historical district boundaries

2007 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 32°13′33″N 95°43′54″W / 32.22583°N 95.73167°W / 32.22583; -95.73167