# Darren Soto

Darren Soto is a Democratic member of the U.S. House for Florida’s 9th district.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: U.S. House, Florida’s 9th district
- Serving since: 2017-01-03
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: S001200
- FEC candidate IDs: H6FL09179

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001200 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

16% of the 19 bills Soto sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of House Democrats.

## What Soto says (119th Congress (2025–27))

2,634 classified statements: 2,344 posts on X, 156 Congressional Record speeches, 100 newsletters, 34 press releases. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Soto | House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.1% | 6.6% | 54 of 216 |
| Policy criticism | 29.5% | 27.5% | 97 of 216 |
| Policy discussion | 75.0% | 73.2% | 95 of 216 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.4% | 9.8% | 111 of 216 |
| Credit claiming | 26.0% | 22.7% | 68 of 216 |
| Extreme labels | 1.9% | 1.9% | 80 of 216 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 31% (House Democrats 26%); Economics and Public Finance 23% (House Democrats 20%); Immigration 14% (House Democrats 11%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (House Democrats 20%); Armed Forces and National Security 12% (House Democrats 16%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.01), from 2,209 donors and 5,034 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 100% (House Democrats 96.9%). Party unity 91.5% (96.4%). 42 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted nay · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 533. 15.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Democrats 4.9%; rank 9 of 207).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.R. 10898: To direct the President's Pay Agent to establish pay localities for the Orlando metropolitan area and the Tampa metropolitan area. (in committee, 2026-10-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10898
- H.R. 10462: Firefighter PFAS Injury Compensation Act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10462
- H.Res. 1364: Commemorating 10 years since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016. (in committee, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1364
- H.R. 9159: Protect Our Homes Act (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9159
- H.R. 8458: STAR Act (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8458
- H.Res. 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… (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1046
- H.R. 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… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7299
- H.R. 6699: Stop Communist Radio Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-12-12) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6699
- H.R. 6479: Puerto Rico Affordable Care Act of 2025 (in committee, 2025-12-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6479
- H.R. 5161: To establish in the Executive Office of the President an Office of Young Americans, and for other purposes. (in committee, 2025-09-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5161

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $3.7M (House Democrats median $2.0M). 5.6% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 33% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2114734124896239794
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2114796842680815843
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2114343730173940219
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2114004423244693843
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2113644711642857767
- 2026-10-23 · Newsletter · Honoring Local Firefighters · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2113284662390878522
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2112909263521587555
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2112537890928341288
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto/status/2112539252374597985

## Links

- Official site: https://soto.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepDarrenSoto
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanDarrenSoto
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RepDarrenSoto
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/repdarrensoto
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S001200

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/S001200