US Midterms 2026
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Darren Soto, a Democrat who has represented Florida's 9th congressional district since 2017, seeks re-election in 2026 against Republican Dan Green, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Navy reserve officer.
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“25 unions now back Darren Soto’s re-election to Congress” via Jacob Ogles of Florida Politics: Unions throughout Florida’s 9th Congressional District are rallying around U.S. Rep.
Unions throughout Florida’s 9th Congressional District are rallying around U.S. Rep. Darren Sotoas he seeks re-election on a new congressional map.
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Darren Soto was born on February 25, 1978, in Ringwood, New Jersey, to a Puerto Rican father, O. Lou Soto, and an Italian-American mother, Jean Soto. He attended Lakeland Regional High School, then earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University.
Soto's legislative career began after an unsuccessful 2006 challenge to Republican Andy Gardiner, when he won an April 2007 special election to the Florida House of Representatives from the 49th district. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2010. In 2012 he won the newly created 14th Senate district, which included parts of Orange, Osceola and Polk counties, with over 70 percent of the vote, and he served in the Florida Senate until 2016.
In 2016 Soto won the Democratic nomination to succeed Alan Grayson, who stepped down to run for the U.S. Senate, in Florida's 9th congressional district, and he defeated Republican Wayne Liebnitzky 57% to 43%.
At the time of his election he became the first member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent elected from Florida, and he was sworn in on January 3, 2017. He was re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, when he defeated Republican Thomas Chalifoux.
In March 2021 he and Resident Commissioner Jenniffer González-Colón introduced the Puerto Rico Statehood Admissions Act. In the 119th Congress he serves on the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and he is deputy chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Darren Soto is seeking a sixth term in Florida's 9th congressional district, where he was re-elected with 55.1% of the vote in 2024, and he is the Democratic nominee. His Republican opponent is Dan Green, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development and Navy reserve officer, who won a seven-candidate primary with 25.4% of the vote, ahead of Ben Butler at 24.4%. The general election takes place on November 3, 2026.
