In Florida’s Ninth, Rep. Darren Soto makes his case against stacked odds
This week, as part of our series on the people and places in Florida’s redrawn Ninth Congressional District, we’ve been talking to voters about what they’re looking for in their next congressional representative.
To conclude this series, we reached out to the candidates running for this seat to talk about what we heard from the public, from affordability to faith, the LGBTQ community, environmental conservation, invasive mealybugs, overdevelopment and bipartisanship.
Democrat Darren Soto is running for his sixth term representing the Ninth Congressional District. He spoke to Central Florida Public Media’s Elections Reporter, Sam Stockbridge, about what he’s heard on the campaign trail, and how this new map has changed his relationship to this district.
We reached out to Dan Green, the Republican nominee vying for the seat, numerous times via phone, email and at campaign events requesting an interview. We did not hear back.
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