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Darren Soto
Before officeLawyer · Financial analyst
File · Money Read
What the money shows
Darren Soto has an estimated net worth of $1.3M. The 2026 campaign raised $2M. Outside groups had $15,625 spent for Darren Soto. Darren Soto sits on Communications and Technology and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$1.3M
$851K – $1.8M
Raised (last cycle)
$2.0M
FEC · cycle 2026
Years in role
9
Representative since 2017
Net-worth filings
9
+$688K since 2017
File — Balance
Bills weighed against funded sectors
Each pan counts bills. Excluded bills are shown beside the scale when the vote or bill direction is unclear.
Other
$88K in corporate money from other · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against other
0 bills
with other
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Labor / Unions
$72K in union money · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
against labor / unions
0 bills
with labor / unions
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Ideological / Leadership
$64K in corporate money from ideological / leadership · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against ideological / leadership
0 bills
with ideological / leadership
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Tech & Telecom
$51K in corporate money from tech · 6 roll calls · 6 bills
against tech
0 bills
with tech
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Health & Pharma
$33K in corporate money from health · 6 roll calls · 6 bills
against health
0 bills
with health
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Banking & Financial
$32K in corporate money from banking · 9 roll calls · 7 bills
Foreign-policy advocacy
$31K in corporate money from foreign-policy advocacy · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
with foreign-policy advocacy
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Law & Lobbying
$15K in corporate money from law · 9 roll calls · 8 bills
Real Estate & Construction
$14K in corporate money from real estate · 0 roll calls · 0 bills
against real estate
0 bills
with real estate
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Transportation
$11K in corporate money from transportation · 2 roll calls · 2 bills
against transportation
0 bills
with transportation
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
Agriculture
$10K in corporate money from agriculture · 1 roll calls · 1 bills
against agriculture
0 bills
with agriculture
0 bills
No scored votes
No bill this cycle clearly names a funded sector as beneficiary.
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →File C — Service
Term history
- RepresentativeFL-9D2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeFL-9D2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeFL-9D2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeFL-9D2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
- RepresentativeFL-9D2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Representative Darren Soto, FL
Born February 25, 1978.
Studied at
George Washington University · Rutgers University [wikidata]
File — The 2026 race
Florida · District 09
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · Florida · District 09
Darren Soto ranks No. 2 in money raised.
Republican Thomas Chalifoux leads the field with about $3.1M raised.
Benjamin Butler reports 92% of campaign money from individuals.
The incumbent, Darren Soto, ranks No. 2 in the money.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
Thomas Chalifoux R · challenger TC | vs | Darren Soto D · incumbent |
|---|---|---|
| $3.1M | Raised | $2.0M |
| $2.7M | Cash on hand | $1.3M |
| 0% | From PACs | 66% |
| 2% | From individuals | 34% |
| Too few to rank | Top donor sector | Tech & Telecom |
| No | Incumbent | Yes |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
All federal contractors who funded you
Bills
Recorded votes
166 votes · 55 Yea · 111 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 166
File — The Florida delegation
Who else Florida sends to Congress
2 senators and 27 of 28 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
- Ashley MoodySenatorR
- Rick ScottSenatorR
- Jimmy PatronisDistrict 1R
- Neal P. DunnDistrict 2R
- Kat CammackDistrict 3R
- Aaron BeanDistrict 4R
- John H. RutherfordDistrict 5R
- Randy FineDistrict 6R
- Cory MillsDistrict 7R
- Mike HaridopolosDistrict 8R
- Maxwell FrostDistrict 10D
- Daniel WebsterDistrict 11R
- Gus M. BilirakisDistrict 12R
- Anna Paulina LunaDistrict 13R
- Kathy CastorDistrict 14D
- Laurel M. LeeDistrict 15R
- Vern BuchananDistrict 16R
- W. Gregory SteubeDistrict 17R
- Scott FranklinDistrict 18R
- Byron DonaldsDistrict 19R
- OPENDistrict 20This seat is empty right now.
- Brian J. MastDistrict 21R
- Lois FrankelDistrict 22D
- Jared MoskowitzDistrict 23D
- Frederica S. WilsonDistrict 24D
- Debbie Wasserman SchultzDistrict 25D
- Mario Diaz-BalartDistrict 26R
- Maria Elvira SalazarDistrict 27R
- Carlos A. GimenezDistrict 28R
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
Darren Soto · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |