Politician
Darren Soto
Democrat · Florida · ran 4 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H6FL09179
Darren Soto (Democrat) raised $3.7M for the 2026 Florida 9th District race, $2.1M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $569K for and $1.1M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
Raised, all cycles
$8.3M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
62%
$5.1M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$596K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$1.1M
Spent attacking them
62% of Darren Soto's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organized money in Congress.
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Florida 9th District | $3.7M | 56% | $569K / $1.1M | $20K | $5.3M | … Counting |
| 2024 | Florida 9th District | $2.2M | 65% | $16K / $0 | $40K | $2.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Florida 9th District | $1.3M | 63% | $4K / $0 | $11K | $1.3M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Florida 9th District | $1.1M | 71% | $8K / $0 | – | $1.1M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $1.9MTrade group $764KUnion $673KOther $442KMembership $420KLeadership PAC $357KSuper PAC $50KParty $9K
- Guidewell Mutual Holding Corporation Political Action Committee (Guidewell PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$25K
- Elevance Health, Inc. Political Action Committee (Elevance Health PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$23K
- National Air Traffic Controllers Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$22K
- Future Forum PACOther$21K
- Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Action Committee for Rural Electrification (Acre)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- NorpacOther$19K
- Grayrobinson P.a. Political Action CommitteeCorporate$17K
- American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$15K
- Professional Aviation Safety Specialists PACUnion$11K
- Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- No Going Back PACagainst $548K
- Congressional Leadership Fundagainst $419K
- Progressive Turnout Projectfor $354K
- Civic Renewal Fund Inc.against $108K
- 1199 Seiu United Healthcare Workers East Federal Political Action Fundfor $88K
- Latino Victory Fundfor $16K
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education)for $8K
- United for Progress PACfor $3K
- Florida Freedom PACfor $1K
- Win Justicefor $40
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 26 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 10 times (38%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $32K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $511K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $230K$20K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $230K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $44K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $511K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $20K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $32K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $20K$102K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $102K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $20K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $102K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $5K | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $20K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $18K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $280K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $298K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $18K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $10K | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $10K | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $33K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $3K$140K$24K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $140K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $162K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 4 of 5 key votes (80%)
On 2 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 2. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 48% support ±16FL-09 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $20K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 83% support ±12FL-09 · wanted Yea · CES 2024 · related question | $20K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$102K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayAgainst voters |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 55% support ±16FL-09 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $10K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 55% support ±16FL-09 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $10K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 65% support ±12FL-09 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $140K Pharma and health care wanted nay$24K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 61% support ±12FL-09 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 89% support ±2Florida (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 90% support ±7FL-09 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $140K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 92% support ±2Florida (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
The revolving door
2 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Darren Soto's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Lily IsraelFormer congressional staff
Intern, Rep. Darren Soto.
Now lobbies for Anchor Labs, INC., Associated Equipment Dealers, Texas Health Care Association · via Grayrobinson Pa
Carlos MedinaFormer congressional staff
Executive Assistant and Staff Assistant, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Staff Assistant, Rep. Val Demings; Intern, Rep. Darren Soto
Now lobbies for Axiom Space, INC.
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Darren Soto's 2026 campaign?
- Darren Soto (Democrat) raised $3.7M for the 2026 Florida 9th District race, $2.1M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $569K for and $1.1M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). The race has not been called yet.
- Which PACs gave the most to Darren Soto?
- Norpac ($19K), American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee ($15K), Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), American Physical Therapy Association Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (Pt-PAC) ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Darren Soto's race?
- No Going Back PAC ($548K against), Congressional Leadership Fund ($419K against), Progressive Turnout Project ($354K for) in 2026.
- How much has Darren Soto raised across elections?
- $3.7M in 2026, $2.2M in 2024, $1.3M in 2022, $1.1M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.