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Florida’s 9th District

U.S. House · FL-9

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 52% chance of winning, with an average lead of 6.5 points.

Toss-up. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 48%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 50.2%

    Darren Soto, incumbent

  • Republican 49.8%

    Dan Green

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
FL-9 50.2%49.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%−4.3 44.2%+5.6

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

1 poll

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Darren Soto · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 18, 2026 · Official source

Democratic primary Darren Soto 0.0%
Republican primary Dan Green 25.4% 14,740 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Darren Soto

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Dan Green

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 24.9 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 6.5 points.

Where these voters came from

This district was redrawn in the 2025-2026 redistricting. Share of its voters from each former district:

  • Former district 18 61%
  • Former district 9 28%
  • Former district 8 11%

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • FL-21 Republican, safe seat
  • FL-8 Republican, competitive
  • FL-18 Republican, competitive
  • FL-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • FL-16 Republican, toss-up
  • FL-17 Republican, safe seat

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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Forecast updated