Robert E. Latta
Republican · OH-5 · U.S. House
OH-5 — U.S. House
Safe R 99%Robert E. Latta is on the ballot. Brian Shaver vs. Bob Latta. Runs on a newly enacted district map.
Bio
Robert Edward Latta is an American politician who is the United States representative for Ohio's 5th congressional district. Currently in his 10th term, Latta has served in Congress since 2007, and prior to that he served four terms in the Ohio House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party. The fifth district includes many of Toledo's suburbs, as well as Findlay, Bowling Green, Tiffin, Napoleon, Sylvania, Defiance and Van Wert, and a sliver of Toledo itself.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 18.8 years
- First took office
- 2007 (10 terms)
- Seniority
- 63 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 70
- son of Delbert L. Latta
- Bowling Green, OH · 419-354-8700
- Findlay, OH · 419-422-7791
- Elyria, OH · 440-406-5010
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $6.3M – $16.9M
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
- Net worth
- $6.3M – $16.9M
- Since 2019
- +$6.1M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 85 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Robert E. Latta's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Robert E. Latta (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Lattasits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Republican Study Committeestrongly right · 141 members
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commercecenter · 54 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Latta's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Trump rages at 'Evil Cause' sweeping America — but GOP senator leading the charge anywayWASHINGTON — The rare 2026 issue that draws huge support from Republicans and Democrats in Congress is the same one that’s mobilized many Americans: restrictions on giant data centers.The House has overwhelmingly passed legislation forcing state regulators to…
Raw Story · September 21, 2026
Jon Husted joins Bob Latta as Ohio legislators to refuse pay amid government shutdownOhio Sen. Jon Husted and Rep. Bob Latta are refusing pay during the government shutdown, calling for Congress to pass funding and accountability reforms.
ABC6OnYourSide.com · October 15, 2025
Congressional Trading Report: Rep. Robert Latta Bought Over $1K In Farmers & Merchants StockAn official report on July 25, 2025 reveals Representative Robert Latta's recent purchase of Farmers & Merchants FMAO stock, valued between $1,001 and $15,000. The transaction took place on July 20, 2025, as per the July filing. At this time, Farmers & Mercha…
Biztoc.com · July 28, 2025
A Congress Member Bought Up To $15K In Farmers & Merchants Stock: Here's What You Need To KnowJanuary 24, 2025 records indicate that Representative Robert Latta filed a purchase of Farmers & Merchants (NASDAQ:FMAO), valued between $1,001 and $15,000. According to the January filing, the transaction occurred on January 24, 2025. Currently, Farmers & Me…
Biztoc.com · January 27, 2025
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