- Bob Latta
Infobox_Congressman
name=Bob Latta
state=Ohio
district=5th
term_start=December 13 ,2007
preceded=Paul Gillmor
succeeded=Incumbent
date of birth=birth date and age|1956|4|18
place of birth=Bluffton, Ohio
date of death=
place of death=
party=Republican
spouse=Marcia Latta
religion=Roman Catholic [ [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=9926 Project Vote Smart: Representative Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta (OH)] ]
alma_mater=Bowling Green State University ,University of Toledo
residence=Bowling Green, Ohio
occupation= attorneyRobert Edward 'Bob' Latta (born
April 18 ,1956 ) is a Republican member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromOhio's 5th congressional district . The district, the second-largest in the state, includes most of Toledo's suburbs, including Fremont and Bowling Green.Early life
Born in
Bluffton, Ohio , Latta earned hisB.A. atBowling Green State University in 1978 and hisJ.D. at theUniversity of Toledo in 1981. His father,Del Latta , represented the 5th from 1959 to 1989.Latta worked as a private practice attorney before entering politics. He and his wife Marcia have two children.
Ohio political career
When Del Latta decided to retire from Congress in 1988, he endorsed his son for the Republican nomination. However, Bob Latta lost to then
Ohio State Senate presidentPaul Gillmor who went on to win the general election.Latta served as a Wood County Commissioner from 1991 to 1997. He then represented Ohio's 2nd senate district in the Ohio Senate from 1997 to 2001 and Ohio's 6th house district in the
Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007.Congressional career
After Gillmor's sudden death in September, 2007, Latta decided to run again for the open seat. He defeated state senator
Steve Buehrer , among other candidates, in the November primary.In the special general election, Latta defeated Democratic candidate
Robin Weirauch onDecember 11 ,2007 by a margin of 57% to 43%. He was sworn in onDecember 13 ,2007 . [ [http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1197624921112340.xml&coll=2 Ohio's new congressman Bob Latta sworn in ] ] Latta was heavily favored; in addition to the 5th's heavy Republican lean and his father's popularity, he had represented Wood County--by far the largest whole county in the district--in the state legislature for a decade.Committee Assignments
*Agriculture Committee
**Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
**Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture
*Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
**Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
**Subcommittee on Water Resources and EnvironmentReferences
External links
* [http://latta.house.gov/ Congressman Bob Latta] official U.S. House website
* [http://www.lattaforcongress.com/ Bob Latta for U.S. Congress] campaign siteUSRepSuccessionBox
state=Ohio
district=5
before=Paul Gillmor
start=December 13 ,2007 Persondata
NAME=Latta, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Latta, Robert E.
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Ohio politician
DATE OF BIRTH=April 18 ,1956
PLACE OF BIRTH=Bluffton,Ohio
DATE OF DEATH=living
PLACE OF DEATH=
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