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Scott PowersFebruary 1, 2018

Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto raised $116,652 in the fourth quarter of 2017, helping his re-election campaign in Florida’s 9th Congressional District finish the year with $289,378 in the bank. The relatively modest totals – compared with other Florida congressional incumbents – are nonetheless overwhelming compared with the only other candidate reporting in the race, […]

Scott PowersApril 24, 2017

A second Republican candidate, political newcomer, banker and veteran Sean A. Buchan of Winter Haven, has entered the race for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Buchan, 31, a banker with Wells Fargo Bank in Winter Haven, filed to run late last week, joining last year’s GOP nominee Wayne Liebnitzky of St. Cloud in hoping to take down […]

Scott PowersNovember 8, 2016

State Sen. Darren Soto’s dream of becoming the first Puerto Rican member of Congress from Florida became reality Tuesday when he swept aside an underfunded Republican opponent in what is now clearly Florida’s first Puerto Rican-dominated congressional district. Early returns based on early voting and mail-in voting, gave Soto an insurmountable lead over Republican nominee […]

Scott PowersNovember 7, 2016

Democratic Florida State Sen. Darren Soto has received the endorsement of President Barack Obama for Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Soto faces Republican nominee Wayne Liebnitzky in CD 9, which covers southern Orange County, Osceola County, and eastern Polk County. “Darren will be the kind of progressive leader we need to build on all of the […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

The United Farm Workers and one of its founders, legendary organizer and civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, have jointly endorsed state Sen. Darren Soto‘s bid for Congress in Florida’s 9th Congressional District, his campaign announced. For Huerta, whose activism and organizing date to her being an organizing partner of César Chávez in the 1950s and […]

Scott PowersNovember 4, 2016

Democratic nominee Darren Soto has collected $42,200 in large checks for his bid to be elected in the Orlando-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District since he filed his last full campaign finance report stating he had raised $1 million overall and had $83,000 in the bank. Soto’s opponent, Republican nominee Wayne Liebnitzky has neither the starting […]

Scott PowersSeptember 20, 2016

A new television commercial from the House Majority PAC and airing in the Orlando market, blames U.S. Rep. John Mica for Congress’s failures to pass budgets and says Democratic challenger Stephanie Murphy endorses the “no-budget, no-pay” proposal for salaries. Mica’s campaign responded by declaring the ad has most of its facts wrong, and said it […]

Scott PowersAugust 27, 2016

Democratic congressional candidate Dena Grayson lent her campaign another $35,000 in the past week as she prepares for the final weekend of the tough primary in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. Grayson, a Windermere biomedical researcher, increased her personal investment into her campaign to $150,000 just this summer. The result has been that she heads into the […]

Larry GriffinAugust 1, 2016

In a mailer sent out last week, Florida’s 9th Congressional District candidate Susannah Randolph claimed that her opponent Darren Soto tried to lower the time victims of sexual assault had to report their crime. On Monday, Soto appeared with a group of women supporting him to refute that claim — and in fact, state the opposite: […]

Scott PowersJuly 18, 2016

The three major Democratic candidates for Congressional District 9 head into the stretch run for the Aug. 30 primary with money flowing, as Darren Soto reported he had raised and spent the most money, and Susannah Randolph reported she still had the most in the bank for a big final push. Those two and Dena […]

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Darren Soto raises $116 for CD 9 re-election bid

Sean Buchan of Winter Haven enters CD 9 Republican field

Darren Soto wins CD 9, gives Florida its first Puerto Rican congressman

After warming up for Barack Obama, Darren Soto announces his endorsement in CD 9

United Farm Workers, Dolores Huerta endorse Darren Soto in CD 9

Darren Soto draws $42K in big checks in closing weeks of CD 9 race

New PAC ad says Stephanie Murphy endorses no-budget no-pay in Congress

Dena Grayson adds $35K loan for CD 9 campaign

Women for Darren Soto lash back against Susannah Randolph’s allegations over sexual assault bill

Stretch run for CD 9 Democrats sees 3 big fundraisers; Darren Soto raises most, Susannah Randolph has most