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U.S. House · Updated Oct 9

Ohio's 5th District

Robert Edward Latta win chance

>99%

Typical margin: Latta by 19.5

Republican

Brian Alan Shaver 0%Robert Edward Latta 100%

Who's running

Robert Edward LattaRepublican · Incumbent
Brian Alan ShaverDemocrat

The numbers behind it

Cook Political ReportAs of Sep 23, 2026Solid R
Money raisedFEC, through Jun 30, 2026Latta $1.5MShaver $12K
Campaign money

Robert Edward Latta

Raised $1.5M · $1.0M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Brian Alan Shaver

Raised $12K · $9K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Robert Edward Latta. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.

Other filers in this race raised $11K in total.

Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.

How the numbers moved
  1. Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
  2. Jun 30Brian Alan Shaver had raised $12KFEC filing
  3. Jun 30Robert Edward Latta had raised $1.5MFEC filing
How we got this number

We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.

90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+31.5 and R+7.1.

No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.

Our method ›