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Robert E. Latta

Robert E. Latta

Republican · OH U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

20 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2007

Roles held

  1. Representative 2007 – present OH Republican
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Republican

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • background Born April 18, 1956
  • role Ohio House of Representatives member (four terms) prior to Congress
  • role U.S. representative for Ohio's 5th congressional district since 2007 (10th term)

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House OH-05 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,461,648 raised
  • $1,038,450 spent
  • $1,019,993 cash on hand

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Robert E. Latta campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
1988$142,934$138,712$4,221
1990$218$4,439$0

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $61,182 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • DISH NETWORK $13,200
  • COOPER FARMS $13,200
  • INVARIANT $10,600
  • BARD MANUFACTURING CO $9,900
  • PARKER STEEL $7,608
  • MARATHON PETROLEUM CO. $6,800
  • COOPER FARMS HATCHERY $6,600
  • MCCAULLEY AND CO $6,600
  • GOOGLE $6,600
  • BARD MFG. CO. $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2024 cycle $4,698 supporting · $0 opposing · 3 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Latta, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.