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2026 candidates we're tracking in FL-9
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Darren Soto
Democratic
Incumbent
A Kissimmee attorney who practices commercial, civil rights and real estate law, Darren Soto served three terms in the Florida House beginning in 2007 and then in the Florida Senate, where his official House biography credits him with the Firefighter Death Benefit Act and with legislation on environmental restoration and education funding. He won his U.S. House seat in 2016 and is the first member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent elected from Florida, per that biography. He serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and the Natural Resources Committee, and his official biography says he secured half of the $3.4 billion needed for the Beyond I-4 Ultimate highway project and more than $300 million for Orlando International Airport.
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Dan Green
Republican
Navy Reserve officer and national security author who was working at the Pentagon during the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development from 2019 to 2021, per his campaign site. He deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan and advised a State Department reconstruction team in southern Afghanistan.
About this race
Florida's 9th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Florida primary is Tuesday, August 18, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.