WHERE
Where do Lance Gooden's campaign contributions come from?
Funding summary
- Total raised
- $1.1M
- Total spent
- $890K
- Cash on hand
- $717K
Where the money came from
- Individual donors$393K(35%)
- PACs$592K(52%)
- Political parties$0(0%)
- Self-funding$0(0%)
- Other receipts$151K(13%)
Top industries
Of $79K in itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. This is only a slice of total fundraising — PACs, parties, small-dollar donors, and self-funding are not included here.
- General Business$26K
- Energy & Natural Resources$16K
- Transportation$14K
- Finance & Real Estate$11K
- Agriculture & Food$5K
An additional $437Kin itemized donations couldn't be classified — either the donor left the employer field blank or listed “retired”/“self-employed,” or the employer didn't match a known industry.
Vote-finance correlation
Data through May 2026 · Sources: 2 — FEC individual filings (2026 cycle), Congress.gov roll calls (119th Congress) [61]
Representative Lance Gooden voted on 61 bills. He received $737,727.48 in donations. There is a moderate pattern between donations from the Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate sector and Representative Gooden's voting record. He voted yea on 81.3% of bills where this sector donated $41,598.54. Representative Gooden voted yea on 81.8% of Defense bills with no donations. He voted yea on 76.7% of Energy and Natural Resources bills with no donations.
Fewer than 5 other members of the TX House delegation have comparable data right now, so no peer comparison is shown.
This analysis shows factual patterns in public data. Campaign contributions are legal and do not indicate wrongdoing. Voting alignment with donor industries is common across all legislators. Correlation does not indicate causation or improper behavior.
Campaign finance data from FEC.gov. Totals reflect the current two-year cycle. Industry breakdown covers only itemized individual donations where the donor listed an employer. Full methodology