TX-05 Texas's 5th District

Candidate

Predicted Vote %

Predicted Win %

Lance Gooden

62.0%

97.4%

Dan Wood

38.0%

2.6%

BPI

Blair Partisan Index

Measures how strongly a district leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party compared to the nation as a whole.

 

-16.3%

SEER Prediction

SEER Prediction

Forecasted Democratic % of vote, without considering national mood or polling.

 

33.7%

District Profile Last Updated: Oct. 5, 2018, 11:47 a.m.

Texas 5th Congressional District is 67.16% urban, 47% white, 27.7% hispanic, and has a median income of $50,536. The current incumbent was first elected in 2002, but will not be running for reelection. There was no Democratic candidate in 2014 or 2016. The Republican nominee is Lance Gooden, who represented Texas 4th from 2011 to 2015. The Democratic nominee is Dan Wood, a lawyer and the chair of chair the Terrell Library Advisory Board. 

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