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U.S. Representative · Ohio 5th District
Robert E. Latta
RepublicanDistrict R+14119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score16#423 of 433 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Robert E. Latta’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2470 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-3505
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumBacks 2 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 2 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 2004, H.R. 4635.
Keeps them with Republicans · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.508 (party median +0.530; rank 97 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 85 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 18.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 2nd in seniority
- Subcommittee on EnergyChair
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Environment
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Latta← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.508 is 0.02 to the left of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress85House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 1–50 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4553Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yetNow in the Senate | 40
| Middle |
| H.R. 8646Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027 |