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Ron Latz

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Ron Latz
Democratic Party
Minnesota State Senate District 46
Tenure
2013 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
13
Prior offices:
Minnesota State Senate District 44
Years in office: 2007 - 2013
Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
Years in office: 2003 - 2007
Compensation
Base salary
$51,750/year
Per diem
$86/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
University of Wisconsin
Law
Harvard Law School
Personal
Religion
Jewish
Profession
Attorney
Contact
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Ron Latz (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 46. He assumed office on January 8, 2013. His current term ends on January 5, 2027.

Latz (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota State Senate to represent District 46. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Latz is a former majority whip.

Latz served as an assistant Minnestoa attorney general from 1989 to 1995 in the Public Safety and Human Services Division. Latz also served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007, and on the St. Louis Park City Council from 1994 to 2002.

Biography

Latz earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin in 1985, and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1988.

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Latz was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Latz was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Latz was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Latz was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• Commerce and Consumer Protection
• Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Latz served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Latz served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
• Commerce
• Finance
• Judiciary, Chair

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Latz served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Latz served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 46

Incumbent Ron Latz won election in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 46 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ron Latz
Ron Latz (D)
 
97.3
 
31,027
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.7
 
874

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,901
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron Latz advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 46.

Campaign finance

2020

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota State Senate District 46

Incumbent Ron Latz defeated Bryan Bjornson in the general election for Minnesota State Senate District 46 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Ron Latz
Ron Latz (D)
 
72.7
 
37,972
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Bryan Bjornson (R)
 
27.2
 
14,189
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
54

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 52,215
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Ron Latz advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota State Senate District 46.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Bryan Bjornson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota State Senate District 46.

Campaign finance

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Ron Latz ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 46 general election.[1][2]

Minnesota State Senate, District 46 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ron Latz Incumbent (unopposed)
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Ron Latz ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 46 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Minnesota State Senate, District 46 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ron Latz Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Latz won election in District 46 in 2012 due to redistricting. He was unopposed in the August 14 primary and defeated Paul Scofield (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[5][6]

Minnesota State Senate, District 46, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRon Latz Incumbent 66% 29,755
     Republican Paul Scofield 34% 15,297
Total Votes 45,052

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Latz won re-election to the 44th District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. Paul Scofield ran for the seat on the Republican ticket. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.

Minnesota State Senate, District 44 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Ron Latz (DFL) 20253 65.10%
Paul Scofield (R) 10816 34.77%
Write-In 41 0.13%

2006

On November 7, 2006, Latz won election to the 44th District Seat in the Minnesota State Senate, defeating Dave Carlson (R).[7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 44 (2006)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Ron Latz (DFL) 22,632 68.08%
Dave Carlson (R) 10,495 31.57%
Write-In 89 0.27%
Darrell Brown (Write-In) 29 0.09%

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Ron Latz did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Latz's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]

  • Excerpt: "Supporting our schools from Early Childhood and K-12 to our Higher Education Institutions"
  • Excerpt: "Investing in our transportation system and job growth locally and statewide"
  • Excerpt: "Protecting our vulnerable adults by increasing penalties against those who do them harm"
  • Excerpt: "Leading the charge to defend stem-cell research in Minnesota"
  • Excerpt: "Speaking against the Constitutional Amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman and for GLBT equal rights"

Campaign finance summary

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Ron Latz campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Minnesota State Senate District 46Won general$21,070 $38,120
2020Minnesota State Senate District 46Won general$70,695 N/A**
2016Minnesota State Senate, District 46Won $48,888 N/A**
2012Minnesota Senate, District 46Won $47,406 N/A**
2010Minnesota Senate, District 44Won $46,214 N/A**
2006Minnesota Senate, District 44Won $0 N/A**
2004Minnesota House, District 44BWon $38,364 N/A**
2002Minnesota House, District 44BWon $32,421 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards, State legislative scorecards in Minnesota

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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Minnesota State Legislature in 2025.

  • Legislative Evaluation Assembly of Minnesota — Legislators are scored on their support for the organization's principles, which it defines as "provid[ing] a basis for a constitutionally limited government established to sustain life, liberty, justice, property rights and free enterprise."
  • Minnesota AFL-CIO — Legislators are scored on their votes on labor issues.
  • Minnesota Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
  • The Freedom Index — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.

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Personal

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Latz and his wife, Julia Shimdov, have two children.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    2. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    4. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    5. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State of Minnesota Canvassing Report," accessed May 25, 2014
    6. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
    7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Official Results General Election - Nov. 7, 2006," accessed May 15, 2014
    8. ↑ "ronlatz," Official Campaign Website

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota State Senate District 46
    2013-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota State Senate District 44
    2007-2013    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota House of Representatives District 44B
    2003-2007    		 Succeeded by
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