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DemocratDarren Soto
U.S. Representative · Florida
Florida's 9th district
U.S. Representative from Florida
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How they won their seat
Darren Soto won the 2024 U.S. House election in Florida (District 9) with 55.1% of the vote (178,785 votes).
- Darren Soto · Democrat55.1%178,785
- Thomas Chalifoux · Republican42.6%138,076
- Marcus Carter · No Party Affiliation2.3%7,412
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Darren Soto's record includes commemorative resolutions related to the Pulse nightclub shooting, as well as legislation addressing issues such as veterans' affairs, consumer safety, and environmental concerns. His committee memberships include Natural Resources and Energy. Additionally, 30% of his sponsored bills pertain to Puerto Rico and Hispanic representation. Focus areas (from the record): Veterans Affairs · Consumer Safety · Environmental Protection · Hispanic Representation · Commemorative Legislation Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Soto's legislative activities. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills, as none have become law; The specific motivations behind his legislative focus; Any unlogged work or informal commitments he may have made. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Darren Soto has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2018. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Darren Soto has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.
Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$52K4%
- Large individual (itemized)$661K55%
- PAC / committee$491K41%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Natural ResourcesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Energy and CommerceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Natural Resources — Water, Wildlife and FisheriesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce — EnvironmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Commerce, Manufacturing, and TradeOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
137 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,241,415, spent $422,928, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 1364: Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. ↗Jun 11, 2026
- Sponsored HR 9159: Protect Our Homes Act ↗Jun 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8458: STAR Act ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1046: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3310) to designate Venezuela under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit nationals of Venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section, and for other purposes. ↗Feb 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7299: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Michigan Avenue in Kissimmee, Florida, as the "Robert Guevara Post Office Building". ↗Jan 30, 2026
- Sponsored HR 6699: Stop Communist Radio Act of 2025 ↗Dec 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 6479: Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025 ↗Dec 4, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5161: To establish in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Young Americans, and for other purposes. ↗Sep 4, 2025
- Sponsored HR 5012: To authorize the President to award the Purple Heart to Louis Boria, Jr., for injuries incurred during World War II and the Korean War while a member of the Marine Corps. ↗Aug 19, 2025
- Sponsored HRES 514: Commemorating 9 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. ↗Jun 12, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3524: Protect Patriot Spouses Act ↗May 20, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3310: Venezuela TPS Act of 2025 ↗May 8, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 137 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 655
- Yea
- 312
- Nay
- 342
- Present
- 1
- Not voting
- 0
Full voting record
655 votes- HR4795Yea
- HR1501Nay
- HJRES1Nay
- HRES1498Yea
- HR9436Nay
- HR9436Yea
- HRES1490Yea
- HRES1499Nay
- HRES1499Nay
- HR6500Yea
- S32Yea
- S307Yea
- HR8884Nay
- HCONRES89Yea
- HCONRES113Nay
- HR7008Yea
- HR7008Yea
- HR8800Nay
- HR8800Yea
- HR8800Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Positions on record
3 positions on recordThe record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.
- Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record urging congressional leadership to attach Fourth Amendment protections to FISA Section 702 reauthorization: closing the data broker loophole and requiring a judicial warrant before the government accesses Americans' sensitive information, ending the Section 702 backdoor search loophole, and repealing the Section 702 'visa vetting' provision.
SourcesLetter from 53 Members of Congress to Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader John Thune, Leader Charles E. Schumer and Leader Hakeem Jeffries urging Fourth Amendment protections in FISA Section 702 reauthorizationView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyStated position
On record asserting that the government ordinarily must obtain a judicial warrant to compel cell phone location data, and urging the DHS Inspector General to open a second investigation into ICE and other DHS components purchasing Americans' location data from commercial data brokers without one.
SourcesBicameral letter to DHS Inspector General Joseph V. Cuffari requesting a second investigation of warrantless purchases of Americans' cell phone location data by ICE and other DHS componentsView position & sources → - Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote
On record voting NO on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.
SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.View position & sources →
Disclosure
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