Christopher John Latvala (born December 29, 1981) is an American politician and former Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives.
In 2014, incumbent Representative Ed Hooper was unable to seek re-election due to term limits, so Latvala ran to succeed him.
He ran against veteran Christopher Shepard in the primary election, and campaigned on the experience that he gained while working for Hooper, noting that it "taught him the value of constituent services--helping individual citizens with their state government problems.
[2] In 2021, as Chair of the Florida House Education and Employment Committee, Latvala supported legislation which would ban transgender athletes from competing in high school sports.
[3] The legislation was opposed by organizations such as Equality Florida, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the Miami Heat.