# Ron Latz

Ron Latz is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 46.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 46
- Serving since: 2013-01-08
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/834a2c10-beb0-454e-8e08-619309d8a08a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/834a2c10-beb0-454e-8e08-619309d8a08a (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Latz’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Latz says (MN 2025–26 session)

169 classified statements: 169 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Latz | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.4% | 111 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 8.9% | 10.3% | 152 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 47.3% | 42.9% | 150 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.1% | 3.4% | 100 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 27.8% | 16.1% | 57 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 0.8% | 94 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 41% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 18% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Immigration 18% (State Senate Democrats 4.2%); Health 11% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Housing and Community Development 10% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 256 donors and 121 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-16 · voted nay · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 62. 7.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 2 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 85: A Senate resolution congratulating 2026 Minnesota Teacher of the Year David Davis (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR85/
- SF 5281: Import, manufacture, or sale limitation of certain table saws (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5281/
- SF 5268: Attorney general's subpoena authority modification (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5268/
- SF 5198: Twin Cities Public Television grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5198/
- SF 5087: Public nuisance cause of action for certain conduct related to the sale, marketing, importing, distribution, and manufacturing of firearms establishment (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5087/
- SF 5064: Office of Justice Programs appropriation to support trafficking victims (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5064/
- SF 5066: Various judiciary, public safety and corrections policy provisions modifications and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5066/
- SF 5065: Edina local sales tax revenues uses modification (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5065/
- SF 5067: Homeownership opportunity fund establishment, community and household stability fund establishment, rental opportunity fund establishment, increasing the… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5067/
- SF 5063: Law enforcement training appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5063/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $133.0K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2113464040852709701
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2112664192637682087
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2100766002221093107
- 2026-09-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2099213916312068457
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2078849156941304197
- 2026-07-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2078286474911387708
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2077524682299834699
- 2026-07-14 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2077023247246242215
- 2026-07-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2072377266588246103
- 2026-06-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenRonLatz/status/2072023209688306166

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1102
- Campaign site: https://www.ronlatz.org/
- X: https://x.com/SenRonLatz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenRonLatz
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ronlatz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-latz-87920244/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/834a2c10-beb0-454e-8e08-619309d8a08a