Bob Latta was inducted into Omicron Delta Kappa in 1995 as an alumnus of Bowling Green State University.
15 Facts About Bob Latta
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Bob Latta worked as a private practice attorney before entering politics.
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Bob Latta served as a Wood County Commissioner from 1991 to 1996.
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Bob Latta then represented the 2nd Senate District in the Ohio Senate from 1997 to 2001 and the 6th house district in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007.
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On July 22,2014, Bob Latta introduced a bill that would direct the Federal Communications Commission to allow manufacturers of electronic devices with a screen to display information required by the agency digitally on the screen rather than on a label affixed to the device.
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In 2015, Bob Latta cosponsored a resolution to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
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In December 2020, Latta was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.
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On May 19,2021, Bob Latta voted against establishing an independent commission to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.
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Bob Latta is an avid sportsman and lifelong resident of Northwest Ohio.
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Bob Latta is the son of former Congressman Del Latta and Rose Mary Kiene Latta and serves in the seat his father held in Congress from 1959 to 1989.
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Bob Latta ran in the Republican primary for a congressional seat in 1998.
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Bob Latta lost by 27 votes to then Ohio State Senate president Paul Gillmor, who won the general election.
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Bob Latta defeated State Senator Steve Buehrer, among other candidates, in the special primary.
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Bob Latta defeated Democratic nominee Angela Zimmann and Libertarian nominee Eric Eberly.
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Bob Latta was endorsed by the United States Chamber of Commerce, the NFIB, the NRA and National Right to Life.