Darren Soto
Democrat
· FL-9 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
67.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.0
vs 118th (64.3)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
7.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$24,556
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$41,197 direct
NORPAC
$8,490 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.69M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $93K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 69.6 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$54,750
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Share from this one network
1.7%
Amount from this network
$52,500
Total from all networks
$3,056,981
Networks contributing
442
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Who funds Soto
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
1.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
4
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.79%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COINBASE
$3K
BORINQUEN HEALTH CARE CENTER
$2K
FLORIDA EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
$1K
FLORIDA EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS
$1K
HCA FLORIDA HEALTHCARE
$250
HCA HEALTHCARE
$250
PFIZER
$250
SPOTIFY USA
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.42M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.45M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.20M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.99M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.62M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Darren Soto comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$33K
Disclosed outside spending
$33K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.02%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$401K
UNITED FOR PROGRESS PAC
$263K
UNIDOSUS ACTION PAC
$49K
ORGANIZE NOW
$35K
BORICUA VOTA INC.
$23K
CENTER FOR POPULAR DEMOCRACY ACTION
$18K
EMPOWERING WELLNESS INC.
$15K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$8K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$2K
UNIDOSUS ACTION FUND, INC.
$2K
FLORIDA FREEDOM PAC
$2K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$2K
WIN JUSTICE
$1K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$51
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
170 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $513K to Darren Soto across 211 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$513K
Shared contributors
170
Contributions
211
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 20 | $268K |
| 2024 | 105 | 113 | $116K |
| 2026 | 65 | 78 | $129K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Darren Soto or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAY QUINONES | Policy Advisor, Congressman Darren Soto, August 2023 - December 2023 Legislative… | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Darren Soto sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required