Texas's 5th congressional district

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Texas's 5th congressional district is a U.S. House district in Texas that encompasses parts of the Dallas area and surrounding communities in the northeastern portion of the state.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Lance Gooden 0
5th congressional district of Texas 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
abbreviation TX-05
borderingDistrict Texas's 1st congressional district
Texas's 32nd congressional district
Texas's 3rd congressional district
Texas's 4th congressional district
Texas's 6th congressional district
chamber United States House of Representatives
country United States of America
createdFor representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
currentRepresentative Lance Gooden
electoralTerm two-year term
electorateType single-member district
elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives
federal yes
governmentalBody United States House of Representatives
hasCongressionalDistrictNumber 5
hasRepresentationIn United States House of Representatives
hasVoterEligibility citizens of the United States residing in the district who meet federal and state voting requirements
includes parts of the city of Dallas
rural areas in East Texas
suburban communities southeast of Dallas
isPartOf Texas congressional delegation
jurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
languageOfOfficialProceedings English
legislature United States Congress
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn Anderson County, Texas
Dallas County, Texas
Henderson County, Texas
Kaufman County, Texas
Texas
Van Zandt County, Texas
Wood County, Texas
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
numberOfRepresentatives 1
ordinalNumber 5
partOf Texas
surface form: U.S. state of Texas
party Republican Party
politicalPartyOfCurrentRepresentative Republican Party
region North Texas
surface form: Northeastern Texas
represents Texas's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
residents of parts of the Dallas area and northeastern Texas
state Texas
stateDelegation Texas delegation to the United States House of Representatives
subdivisionType congressional district
usesVotingSystem first-past-the-post

Referenced by (8)

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Texas's 6th congressional district borderedBy Texas's 5th congressional district
Texas's 17th congressional district borderingDistrict Texas's 5th congressional district
Kaufman County, Texas congressionalDistrict Texas's 5th congressional district
this entity surface form: 5th congressional district of Texas
Texas congressional districts hasPart Texas's 5th congressional district
Lance Gooden officeHeldJurisdiction Texas's 5th congressional district
TX-05 officialName Texas's 5th congressional district
Earle Cabell represented Texas's 5th congressional district
Texas's 5th congressional district represents Texas's 5th congressional district self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Lance Gooden