Ronald Steven Latz (/ˈlæts/ LATS;[1] born August 9, 1963) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate.

A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represents District 46, which includes parts of Hennepin County in the western Twin Cities metropolitan area.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1988.

[7] On November 29, 2023, during a press conference to condemn a movement that seeks to boycott or divest from Israel ahead of a meeting of the State Board of Investment, Latz said, "Palestinian youth dream of the opportunity to achieve glory and even martyrdom by killing as many Jews as possible".

[8] After he was called out for his statements, he doubled down, saying his colleagues were taking out of context a sentence about Gaza youth and schools that allegedly train terrorists.