Dan Green Targets Darren Soto in Redrawn FL-9, Citing 10 Years of Democratic Failure
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 7
Dan Green Targets Darren Soto in Redrawn FL-9, Citing 10 Years of Democratic Failure
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 7
Summary
Dan Green cast Florida’s redrawn 9th District as winnable for Republicans, arguing most voters there have never backed 10-year Democratic incumbent Darren Soto and that the seat can flip from blue to red.
1979 is central to Green’s foreign-policy pitch: the Navy veteran said the Iran confrontation is the overdue end of a conflict that began with the U.S. embassy hostage crisis, not the start of a new war.
Kitchen-table costs remain his main domestic message, with Green saying grocery, gas and property-insurance prices resonate across the district’s large Latino population and fit his call to “make America affordable again.”
Soto’s record is Green’s main line of attack: he accused the congressman of voting against tax relief on Social Security, overtime and tips, while tying him to a Democratic Party Green says is being pulled left by democratic socialists.
The race unfolds in an Orlando-area district that backed Donald Trump by a large margin in 2024, giving Republicans a friendlier map even as inflation and energy prices remain voter headwinds.