Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Darren Soto

Official portrait of Darren Soto
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Florida’s 9th district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Kissimmee, FL
Born
1978
In Congress
House since 2017 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SOTO, DARREN
Next election
Primary August 23, 2022 · General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Florida with the current district highlighted

Florida, District 9

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Florida District 9IncumbentWon the general election (53.6%)

FEC candidate ID H6FL09179 · Principal campaign committee: DARREN SOTO FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Florida District 9$3,652,279.81General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Florida District 9$2,159,165.71Won the general election (55.1%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Florida District 9$1,337,428.16Won the general election (53.6%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Florida District 9$1,115,842.18Won the general election (56.02%)
Total raised$1,337,428.16
Total spent$1,445,548.01
Cash on hand$64,280.80
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $483,721.69PACs and other committees: $847,655.98Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,050.49
  • Individual contributions$483,721.6936%
  • PACs and other committees$847,655.9863%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,050.490%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

238 committees reported giving $823,417.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Darren Soto$8,094.91
  • Independent expenditures opposing Darren Soto$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Darren Soto$8,661.03

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Florida U.S. House, District 9, 2022 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Darren Soto (D)$1,337,428.16$64,280.802022-12-31
Scotty Moore (R)$601,171.19$1,957.832022-12-31
William Olson (R)$147,767.28$0.002022-06-30
Jose Castillo (R)$109,331.73$1,508.542022-12-31
Marlin Daniel Anthony (R)$32,450.23$0.002022-06-30
Adianis Morales (R)$25,105.00$5,835.402022-12-31
Sergio E Ortiz (R)$12,390.00$7,024.772022-06-30
Kevin Copeland Parker (D)$8,025.71$0.002022-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DApril 25, 2022
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMay 17, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DApril 27, 2022
  • PoliticoLikely DOctober 18, 2022
  • RCPLikely DJune 9, 2022
  • Fox NewsSolid DOctober 11, 2022
  • DDHQSolid DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Solid DJune 30, 2022
  • The EconomistLikely DNovember 1, 2022

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: DARREN SOTO FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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