Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress

Delbert L. Latta

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · OhioHouse 1959–1989 (OH-5)

Delbert Latta was a Republican U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1959.

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10Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–100th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 10 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law100th–100th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 4175 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit tax-free sales of diesel fuel for use on a farm.
Nov 10, 1988 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
H.R. 2933 Taxpayers Bill of Rights Act
Nov 10, 1988 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4333.
H.R. 4906 A bill to amend section 558 of the Tax Reform Act of 1984 with respect to the treatment of certain collective bargaining agreements.
Jun 23, 1988 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 4376 Truth in Federal Spending Act of 1988
Apr 13, 1988 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
H.R. 4220 Truth in Federal Spending Act of 1988
Mar 24, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

Elections Rep. Latta has won

Rep. Latta has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.4 to 40.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 10.4 points1982, OH-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Ohio’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Delbert Latta (R) 1976–1986 → Paul Gillmor (R) 1988–2006 → Robert E. Latta (R) 2008–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	10	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 100th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.