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Bob Latta

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1956 in Bluffton, OH

Education:

  • Bowling Green State University, B.A., 1978
  • University of Toledo, J.D., 1981

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1981-1991

Elected Office:

  • Wood County commissioner, 1991-1996
  • OH Senate, 1997-2000
  • OH House, 2001-2007

Other notes:

  • Son of Delbert Latta


Election Results for Bob Latta


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 32 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 28,667 45.4%
2007 51 OH R U.S. House District 05 Special Primary 1 32,392 27.3%
2007 51 OH R U.S. House District 05 Special 1 56,114 57.0%
2008 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,093 74.8%
2008 52 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 188,905 64.1%
2010 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,827 83.0%
2010 54 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,703 67.8%
2012 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 76,477 82.6%
2012 56 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 201,514 57.3%
2014 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,288 100.0%
2014 58 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,449 66.5%
2016 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 119,907 100.0%
2016 60 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 244,599 70.9%
2018 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,732 73.7%
2018 62 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 176,569 62.3%
2020 64 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 57,537 100.0%
2020 64 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 257,019 68.0%
2022 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 69,981 100.0%
2022 66 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 187,303 66.9%
2024 68 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 70,077 82.9%
2024 68 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 251,824 67.6%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Bob Latta


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2007 51 House 2 0 R 1 1 2 0 100
2008 52 House 98 1 R 72 27 99 15 96
2009 53 House 98 2 D 13 87 100 0 100
2010 54 House 96 0 D 24 71 98 0 100
2011 55 House 99 1 D 18 82 99 0 88
2012 56 House 96 4 D 15 85 100 5 84
2013 57 House 99 1 D 12 88 99 5 76
2014 58 House 99 1 D 14 86 100 0 84
2015 59 House 98 2 D 7 93 100 0 92
2016 60 House 98 1 D 9 91 98 0 92
2017 61 House 99 1 R 97 3 100 0 89
2018 62 House 99 1 R 93 7 100 0 92
2019 63 House 98 2 R 100 0 99 5 86
2020 64 House 99 1 R 92 8 99 0 89
2021 65 House 98 2 D 6 94 100 0 82
2022 66 House 97 3 D 20 80 100 76
2023 67 House 92 8 D 100 75
2024 68 House 93 7 D 100 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.