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Ohio's 5th District

Brian Shaver (D)vsBob Latta (R)

incumbent running · Lean: R+12 · Incumbent: Bob Latta (R)

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Bob Latta favored98%

All but certain for Bob Latta: a 98 percent chance of winning. No public polls yet.

  • Seat:Incumbent running
  • Lean:R+12
  • Incumbent:Bob Latta (R)
  • District:5 of 15 in Ohio
  • Odds:Latta 98%
  • Margin:Latta +15.7, give or take 6.2
  • Polls:none yet, running on the fundamentals
  • Generic ballot:D+8.2
  • T-minus:16 days

▸ Margin // Uncertainty

Latta +15.7

The model's best guess at the final margin, give or take 6.2 points. Polls have missed by more than that before.

Projected margin
Latta +15.7
Uncertainty
6.2 points, one standard deviation
Likely range
Latta +23.6 to Latta +7.8 (80 percent)
Poll average
No polls
Starting point
Latta +15.7 before any polls

Margins read Democrat minus Republican: Shaver ahead is positive, Latta ahead is negative.

▸ Movement // 0 daily snapshots

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▸ Polls // None yet

No public polls here. The number comes from the district lean (R+12, worth 20.9 points to the Republican), the incumbent (Bob Latta, running again, worth 4.8 points), and the national environment (generic ballot D+8.2, which the model reads as a 9.9 point Democratic tilt after discounting it). Together they give a projected margin of Latta +15.7 with an uncertainty of 6.2 points.

▸ Race file // The facts

The seat
Bob Latta (R), running for another term.
On the ballot
Brian Shaver (D) vs Bob Latta (R, incumbent)
Last time
2024: Democrat 32.5, Republican 67.5. Latta by 35.0.
President
2024, statewide: Trump 55.1, Harris 43.9. Trump by 11.2.
Lean
R+12 by the Cook partisan index

Facts from Ballotpedia and Wikipedia, in our words. The district on Ballotpedia ↗

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