Darren SotoIncumbent

Candidate for U.S. Representative, Florida District 9

Darren Soto has served in Congress since 2017 and is the first congressman of Puerto Rican descent elected to represent Florida. He earned a B.A. in economics from Rutgers University in 2000 and a J.D. from George Washington University in 2004, was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2005, and practiced commercial, real estate, family and civil rights law. During three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, from 2007 to 2012, he passed the John C. Curry Firefighter Death Benefit Act and the first resolution by a state legislator honoring the Borinqueneers, a historic, segregated U.S. Army unit of Puerto Ricans. He then served in the Florida Senate from 2013 to 2016. In Congress he has served on the House Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources and Agriculture committees.

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