Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Robert E. Latta

Official portrait of Robert E. Latta
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Ohio’s 5th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Bowling Green, OH
Born
1956
In Congress
House since 2007 · 18 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
LATTA, ROBERT EDWARD
Next election
Primary May 5, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Ohio with the current district highlighted

Ohio, District 5

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Ohio District 5IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8OH05036 · Principal campaign committee: LATTA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Ohio District 5$1,772,110.30General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Ohio District 5$1,998,121.54Won the general election
2021–2022U.S. House · Ohio District 5$1,560,724.66Won the general election (66.91%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Ohio District 5$1,594,841.86Won the general election (68%)
Total raised$1,772,110.30
Total spent$1,569,771.01
Cash on hand$799,134.37
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $715,826.06PACs and other committees: $1,009,150.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $34,800.63Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $12,333.61
  • Individual contributions$715,826.0640%
  • PACs and other committees$1,009,150.0057%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$34,800.632%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$12,333.611%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$44,679.067%
  • Contributions over $200$595,751.0093%
  • Itemized from inside Ohio$387,125.0064%
  • Itemized from other states$215,211.0036%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Virginia $48,750.00 · Texas $37,800.00 · California $26,605.00 · District of Columbia $24,750.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $200,357.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $73,396.29JULY QUARTERLY: raised $338,714.39JULY QUARTERLY: spent $146,677.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $142,773.68OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $223,399.76YEAR-END: raised $268,275.60YEAR-END: spent $81,016.86APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $273,153.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $364,513.71PRE-PRIMARY: raised $26,297.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $47,268.13JULY QUARTERLY: raised $212,076.53JULY QUARTERLY: spent $102,178.24OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $282,631.15OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $329,953.092025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea524
Voted nay150
Did not vote0 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored19
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored107

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 10164 BEDROCK Act
    Introduced Aug 27, 2026 · Latest action Aug 27, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9914 Collaboration on Adversarial Threats and Security Risks Act
    Introduced Jul 23, 2026 · Latest action Jul 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9774 To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for expedited approval of priority nonprescription drugs, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jul 20, 2026 · Latest action Jul 20, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 9151 Advancing American Wi-Fi Against Foreign Adversaries Act
    Introduced Jun 4, 2026 · Latest action Jun 4, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Spea…
  • H.R. 9126 HCBS Anti-Fraud Reporting Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 3, 2026 · Latest action Jun 3, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  • H.R. 7970 STOP Nitazenes Act
    Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Latest action Jul 21, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 21.
  • H.R. 7390 SELF DRIVE Act of 2026
    Introduced Feb 5, 2026 · Latest action Feb 10, 2026: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 12 - 11.
  • H.R. 7257 SECURE Grid Act
    Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Latest action Sep 30, 2026: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • H.R. 6577 Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act
    Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Latest action Dec 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 5147 WIRELESS Leadership Act
    Introduced Sep 4, 2025 · Latest action Sep 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

266 committees reported giving $883,120.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Ohio U.S. House, District 5, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Robert Edward Latta (R)$1,772,110.30$799,134.372026-10-14
Brian Alan Shaver (D)$52,830.11$37,973.022026-09-30
Martin Mathias Heberling III (D)$10,900.00$130.112026-09-30
Daniel Burket (D)$7,551.26$0.002026-05-21

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RNovember 2, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid ROctober 31, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: LATTA FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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