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Darren Soto

Democratic candidate · 2022 general election · Florida

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Darren Soto

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Campaign finance

FEC data through Dec 31, 2022. Covering the 2022 two-year cycle only.

The 2022 cycle at a glance

Total receipts
$1,337,428
Everything the campaign took in
Individual contributions
$483,722
Itemized and unitemized split not reported
PAC and other committees
$847,656
Received from political committees
Campaign spending
$1,445,548
Total disbursements
Cash on hand
$64,281
At the end of the reporting period

Where the money came from

These categories divide total receipts of $1,337,428 exactly once, so they add back up to the reported total.

Receipts by funding category for the 2022 cycle
SourceAmountShare of receipts
Individual contributions$483,72236.2%
PAC and other committee contributions$847,65663.4%
Party committee contributions$00.0%
Candidate self-funding$00.0%
Loans$00.0%
Other receipts, including transfers$6,0500.5%
Total receipts$1,337,428100%

Financial position

Cash, debt, refunds, loans, and transfers as reported through Dec 31, 2022 for the 2022 cycle. These are factual reported values, not a judgement about whether a campaign is healthy, viable, or strong. Independent expenditures are never added to or subtracted from any of them: that money was never the campaign's.

Reported financial position for the 2022 cycle
MeasureAmount
Cash on hand at coverage end$64,281
Debts and obligations owed by the committee$0
Debts and obligations owed to the committeeNot reported
Contributions refunded to individuals$4,050
Contributions refunded to committees$4,000
Transfers received from other authorized committeesAlready raised money moving between the candidate's own committees, not new fundraising.$0
Transfers made to other authorized committees$0
Repayments of candidate loans$0
Repayments of other loans$0

Calculated from the reported values

Each row below is arithmetic MyRepTracker performed on the values above. Where the FEC published the figure itself, the row says so and no calculation was made.

Values calculated from the reported financial position, with the formula for each
MeasureAmountHow it was produced
Contributions net of refunds$1,323,328Calculated as individual + committee + party + candidate contributions, minus contributions refunded to individuals and committees.
Operating expenditures net of offsetsNot reportedAn input this calculation needs is not published by the source behind this record.
Outstanding candidate loans$0Calculated as loans received from the candidate minus repayments of those loans.
Other outstanding loans$0Calculated as other loans received minus repayments of those loans.
Total contributions refunded$8,050Calculated as refunds to individuals plus refunds to committees.

Change since the previous filing

Both columns come from committee C00581074, so the two periods are comparable. A change is the difference between what 30G 2022 reported and what YE 2022 reported, and the direction is stated in words rather than shown only as a sign. 30G 2022 reported through Nov 28, 2022 and YE 2022 through Dec 31, 2022.

Financial position at the two most recent controlling filings of committee C00581074
Measure30G 2022Reported through Nov 28, 2022YE 2022Reported through Dec 31, 2022Change
Cash on hand at period end$93,501$64,281Down $29,220
Debts owed by the committee$0$0No change
Contribution refunds in the period$0$3,000Up $3,000

Cash compared with one period's spending

Cash on hand of $64,281 set beside the $35,368 this campaign spent during YE 2022, through Dec 31, 2022, which is 1.8 times that period's spending. This is a ratio between two reported numbers over one named period. It is not a forecast of how long the money will last, and campaigns do not spend evenly across a cycle.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures are spending by other organizations that is not coordinated with the campaign. This money was never received or controlled by Darren Soto. Supporting and opposing spending are kept apart rather than combined into one number, and neither is added to campaign receipts.

Spent supporting

$4,239
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

Spent opposing

$0
Independent expenditures in the 2022 cycle

What the money was spent on

These categories divide $1,024,680 of itemized spending across 659 transactions, through Dec 27, 2022. That subtotal covers the FEC's published operating-expenditure records, which do not include transfers, loan repayments, refunds, or contributions the campaign made, and is 70.9% of the $1,445,548 in total disbursements reported for the 2022 cycle. Every share below is a share of that subtotal and never of total spending. Purposes were classified under taxonomy spend-1.3.

Two things separate that subtotal from total disbursements. Spending reported without itemization cannot be categorized. And the itemized records run only to Dec 27, 2022, while the totals above cover through Dec 31, 2022, so the last stretch of the reporting period is summarized but not yet broken down here.

Itemized spending by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Consulting, type not specified $314,57630.7%69
Advertising and media $230,50322.5%16
Fundraising and solicitation $153,71915.0%23
Campaign materials $76,4997.5%10
Events $64,8346.3%57
Legal, accounting, and compliance $53,0505.2%24
Technology and digital services $44,2214.3%48
Administration, salary, and overhead $40,7244.0%229
Travel $32,6303.2%151
Unclassified filing descriptions Spending whose reported purpose could not be placed in the taxonomy. It is counted, not guessed at. $13,9251.4%32
Classified$1,010,75698.6%
Unclassified filing descriptions$13,9251.4%
Itemized spending categorized here$1,024,680100%659

Political committees that contributed directly

Money received by the authorized campaign committee from PACs and other political committees. This is not outside spending.

This total will usually differ from the PAC figure in the summary above. The summary is what the campaign reported receiving in total; this ranking adds up the individual contributions that were itemized, which is a different record made at a different time. Neither is a correction of the other, and the gap is not an error in either one.

Top 5 of 241 shown $866,917 total · $59,500 shown here

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Political committees ranked by direct contributions
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC C00411116$15,0001.7%3Mar 28, 2022
2NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE C00144766$12,5001.4%5Sep 23, 2022
3ROCK HOLDINGS INC. PAC C00388827$12,0001.4%7Jun 22, 2022
4THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) C00002972$10,0001.2%4May 10, 2022
5AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E C00011114$10,0001.2%4May 11, 2022
Show the complete list of 241 committees →

Organizations spending independently

Supporting Darren Soto

All 2 shown $4,239 total

Itemized rows as published by the FEC on Sep 6, 2026. The summary figures above come from the candidate's own reports through the coverage date.

Organizations ranked by independent spending supporting this candidate
RankCommitteeAmountShareTransactionsLast activity
1United for Progress PAC C00627141$3,09373.0%1Oct 24, 2022
2Florida Freedom PAC C00521013$1,14727.0%2Nov 3, 2022

Opposing Darren Soto

No opposing independent expenditures are reported for this cycle.

What that outside spending purchased

Each independent expenditure carries a short description the spending committee wrote, and these categories are those descriptions sorted under taxonomy outside-1.0. Spending supporting Darren Soto and spending opposing them are broken down separately and never combined, and every share below is a share of that one direction's total.

The largest category is usually "Advertising, medium not specified". That is not a leftover: it is spending the committee described only as a media buy or as advertising, without saying whether it aired on television, ran online, or arrived in the mail. MyRepTracker reports what was filed rather than assigning it a medium.

Supporting Darren Soto

Independent spending supporting this candidate, by reported purpose for the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
PurposeAmount% ShareTransactions
Direct mail $3,09373.0%1
Printed materials and signs $1,14727.0%2
Classified$4,239100.0%
Unclassified filing descriptions$00.0%
Total independent spending$4,239100%3

Opposing Darren Soto

No independent expenditures in this direction are reported for this cycle.

Who the committees behind this money were

Every committee here is placed by the registration it filed with the FEC for the 2022 cycle: its designation, its committee type, and the organizational form it reported. That is the FEC's own record and involves no judgement by MyRepTracker, so this covers every itemized dollar. A committee's registration can change between cycles, and each cycle is judged by its own.

Contributed to Darren Soto

Committees itemized $866,917 in contributions to this campaign.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Corporate PACs $359,00041.4%97189
Trade association PACs $151,50017.5%4780
Labor union PACs $127,00014.6%2758
Membership organization PACs $98,20011.3%2650
Non-connected committees $89,71710.3%2948
Other candidates' committees $11,0001.3%46
Corporations without capital stock $10,5001.2%24
Cooperative PACs $10,0001.2%55
Leadership PACs $10,0001.2%44
Itemized total for this direction$866,917

Spent supporting Darren Soto

Committees itemized $4,239 in independent spending supporting Darren Soto.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by who the FEC says runs them in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
Kind of committeeAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Non-connected committees $4,239100.0%23
Itemized total for this direction$4,239

What interests those committees advance

The FEC publishes no industry or interest field, so unlike the section above this one is a claim MyRepTracker makes. A committee is placed here only when there is a document behind the claim that a reader can open: its own statement of organization, its own published mission statement, or a named third party. Every assignment carries that document on the committee's own page. A committee's name is never evidence of anything.

Categorized is not the same as reviewed. Most of these sectors were assigned by machine from the committee's own filing rather than read by a person. Each committee's own page says which of the two its assignment is, and names the document behind it either way.

Coverage is partial on purpose, and the part that is not covered is shown at full size rather than left out. Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees are excluded outright: their giving is an officeholder's or a party's decision, so no interest label describes it. Categories are taxonomy interest-1.7.

Contributed to Darren Soto

Committees itemized $866,917 in contributions to this campaign. $21,000 of that came from leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees, which are not interest groups. Of the remaining $845,917, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $658,200 and committees not yet categorized account for $187,717.

Political committees contributing to this campaign, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Physicians and medical specialties Health $71,5008.5%1830
Health insurance Health $53,0006.3%1023
Telecommunications Communications and technology $49,0005.8%923
Pharmaceuticals Health $36,5004.3%1220
Transportation unions Labor $36,0004.3%622
Insurance Finance, insurance, and real estate $35,5004.2%918
Public sector unions Labor $35,5004.2%917
Food and beverage Agriculture $31,5003.7%814
Media and entertainment Communications and technology $28,5003.4%1118
Technology Communications and technology $27,5003.3%611
Commercial banking Finance, insurance, and real estate $25,5003.0%512
Electric utilities Energy and natural resources $22,5002.7%611
Agribusiness Agriculture $22,0002.6%1213
Real estate Finance, insurance, and real estate $21,0002.5%611
Automotive Transportation $18,5002.2%510
Building trades unions Labor $18,0002.1%55
Industrial unions Labor $17,5002.1%45
Securities and investment Finance, insurance, and real estate $17,5002.1%48
Air transport Transportation $15,5001.8%310
Defense Defense $15,0001.8%411
Construction Construction $12,5001.5%23
Lawyers and law firms Professional services $12,0001.4%37
Hospitals and nursing homes Health $10,0001.2%24
Credit unions Finance, insurance, and real estate $7,5000.9%13
Mining Energy and natural resources $7,5000.9%46
Pro-Israel Ideological and single-issue $4,2000.5%12
Accounting Professional services $3,0000.4%11
Cryptocurrency and blockchain Finance, insurance, and real estate $1,5000.2%11
Trucking Transportation $1,5000.2%11
Nurses and nursing specialties Health $1,0000.1%11
Committees not yet categorized $187,71722.2%64113
Leadership PACs, party committees, and other candidates' committees Not part of the base the shares beside it are taken over. $21,000Not applicable810
Base the shares are taken over$845,917100%
Itemized total for this direction$866,917

Spent supporting Darren Soto

Committees itemized $4,239 in independent spending supporting Darren Soto. Of that, committees categorized as advancing an interest account for $0 and committees not yet categorized account for $4,239.

Independent spenders supporting this candidate, grouped by the interest they are categorized as advancing in the 2022 cycle, ranked by amount
InterestAmount% ShareCommitteesTransactions
Committees not yet categorized $4,239100.0%23
Base the shares are taken over$4,239100%
Itemized total for this direction$4,239

Last-minute contributions reported before an election

In the days just before an election, a campaign must tell the FEC within 48 hours about any contribution or loan of $1,000 or more. These notices arrive faster than the regular reporting schedule, and the same money is reported again in the report covering those days. Nothing here is added to receipts: it is a preview of money the ordinary reports will carry, not money beside them.

Reported on notices

$79,000
Across 16 notices, received Aug 4, 2022 to Nov 4, 2022

Still only provisional

$0
Every notice is now covered by a regular report

The most recent notice was filed on Nov 6, 2022. A notice stops being the only record of its money once a regular report covers the same days; those are marked reconciled below and the amounts appear in Darren Soto's reported totals through the ordinary schedule.

48-hour notices filed for the 2022 cycle, newest first
FiledAmountEntriesCoversStateFiling
Nov 6, 2022$3,5002Nov 4 to Nov 4, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 5, 2022$10,8005Nov 3 to Nov 3, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 4, 2022$2,9001Nov 2 to Nov 2, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 3, 2022$6,5003Nov 1 to Nov 1, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Nov 2, 2022$7,5003Oct 31 to Oct 31, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 30, 2022$5,0001Oct 28 to Oct 28, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 28, 2022$5,8002Oct 26 to Oct 26, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 26, 2022$4,0002Oct 24 to Oct 24, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 23, 2022$2,0002Oct 21 to Oct 21, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗
Oct 22, 2022$2,0001Oct 20 to Oct 20, 2022Covered by a regular reportFEC filing ↗

The 10 most recent notices of 16 are listed. The amount and count above cover all of them.

Where the individual money was reported from

Contributions from individuals that the campaign itemized, grouped by the state each contributor gave as their address. Contributions of $200 or less in aggregate are not itemized and carry no address, so they are not here at all. These places account for $473,010 of the $483,722 this campaign reported from individuals and from transfers by its other authorized committees, across 538 itemized contributions.

From Florida

$200,028
42.3% of the itemized money that has a place

From everywhere else

$272,982
57.7% of the itemized money that has a place

Money from outside Florida is not money from outside the country, and neither figure is evidence that anything unlawful happened. People may contribute to campaigns in states they do not live in, and United States citizens living abroad may contribute at all.

What kind of place it came from

Itemized individual contributions by kind of place, 2022 cycle
Kind of placeAmountContributionsShare
States and the District of ColumbiaContributors who gave an address in one of the fifty states or the District of Columbia.$450,61852095.3%
United States territoriesPuerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.$22,098174.7%
Addresses outside the United StatesContributors who gave an address abroad. United States citizens living overseas may contribute, and this figure is not evidence that anyone gave unlawfully.$29410.1%

Places, largest first

Top 10 of 44 places shown as bars. Every place is in the table below.

  • Florida this campaign's state $200,028
  • California $33,450
  • District of Columbia $32,450
  • New York $24,600
  • Puerto Rico $22,098
  • Michigan $21,100
  • Maryland $19,500
  • Virginia $15,150
  • Illinois $13,650
  • Washington $8,800
Every place with itemized individual contributions reported for the 2022 cycle
PlaceAmountContributionsShare
Florida this campaign's state$200,02824242.3%
California$33,450357.1%
District of Columbia$32,450386.9%
New York$24,600195.2%
Puerto Rico$22,098174.7%
Michigan$21,10094.5%
Maryland$19,500264.1%
Virginia$15,150183.2%
Illinois$13,650182.9%
Washington$8,80061.9%
Alabama$7,80051.6%
Texas$6,250131.3%
South Dakota$5,80021.2%
Oregon$5,30041.1%
Oklahoma$4,90041.0%
Tennessee$4,50081.0%
Arizona$4,40040.9%
New Mexico$4,40040.9%
Ohio$4,25080.9%
New Jersey$4,00040.8%
Utah$3,90020.8%
North Carolina$3,00060.6%
Georgia$2,50030.5%
South Carolina$2,50040.5%
Pennsylvania$2,10020.4%
Colorado$2,00040.4%
Idaho$2,00040.4%
Missouri$1,54070.3%
Connecticut$1,50020.3%
Kansas$1,25020.3%
Indiana$1,00020.2%
Mississippi$1,00020.2%
Nevada$1,00030.2%
Alaska$50010.1%
Arkansas$50010.1%
Hawaii$50010.1%
Iowa$50010.1%
Kentucky$50010.1%
Louisiana$50010.1%
Massachusetts$50010.1%
Minnesota$50010.1%
Montana$50010.1%
Vermont$50010.1%
Foreign countries$29410.1%
Reported with a place$473,010538100%

Contributions are transactions, not people: one contributor giving every month is counted once for each contribution. No contributor's name, address, employer, or occupation is stored or shown anywhere on this site.

How this compares

Compared with U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle: 70 campaigns with a complete Federal Election Commission record for the cycle, out of 71 on file. This is a position in that group, not a score, a grade, or a judgement about the campaign.

Total receipts

Everything the authorized campaign committee took in for this cycle, including contributions, loans, and transfers.

  • This campaign $1,337,428
  • Cohort median $784,629
Total receipts for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$1,337,428
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$20,401
Median$784,629
75th percentile$1,752,697
Highest in the cohort$6,779,419
Campaigns counted70

46 of the 70 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 66th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Share of receipts from political committees

Direct contributions from PACs and other political committees as a share of total receipts. Campaigns reporting no receipts at all have no share and are left out of this measure.

  • This campaign 63.4%
  • Cohort median 3.9%
Share of receipts from political committees for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign63.4%
Lowest in the cohort0.0%
25th percentile0.0%
Median3.9%
75th percentile31.2%
Highest in the cohort63.4%
Campaigns counted66

65 of the 66 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 98th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Cash on hand

The balance reported at the end of the coverage period. Campaigns report at different times, so this compares balances as of each campaign's own coverage end.

  • This campaign $64,281
  • Cohort median $16,061
Cash on hand for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$64,281
Lowest in the cohort-$1,969
25th percentile$146
Median$16,061
75th percentile$245,622
Highest in the cohort$2,113,674
Campaigns counted70

44 of the 70 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 63th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending supporting

Independent expenditures by other organizations supporting the candidate. This money was never received or controlled by the campaign.

  • This campaign $4,239
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending supporting for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$4,239
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$44,764
Highest in the cohort$1,563,387
Campaigns counted70

46 of the 70 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 66th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

Outside spending opposing

Independent expenditures by other organizations opposing the candidate, not coordinated with any campaign.

  • This campaign $0
  • Cohort median $0
Outside spending opposing for this campaign and for U.S. House campaigns in Florida, 2022 cycle
MeasureValue
This campaign$0
Lowest in the cohort$0
25th percentile$0
Median$0
75th percentile$0
Highest in the cohort$6,350,176
Campaigns counted70

0 of the 70 campaigns counted reported less than this one, which puts it at the 0th percentile of the cohort. Campaigns reporting the same value sit at the same position.

  • 1 of the 71 campaigns on file for this cohort have no complete record for the cycle and are not counted in any figure here.

Every comparison is drawn from one two-year cycle and one office. Only campaigns whose FEC record for that cycle is complete are counted; the rest are reported beside the cohort and are never counted as zero. One authorized committee is counted once however many candidacies report it, so where a candidate's committees are all reported by another FEC record, that record supplies the figures for both. A campaign is never compared with another cycle, with a career total, or with a candidate for a different office.

What these numbers mean

Receipts are not the same as contributions
Total receipts include everything the campaign took in, such as contributions, loans, and transfers. Contributions are only the money given by people and committees.
Direct contributions are not outside spending
A direct contribution is money received by the campaign's own authorized committee. An independent expenditure is money another organization spent on its own, without coordinating with the campaign. The Federal Election Commission treats these as different activities, and so does this page.
The organizations named here are political committees
Direct rankings count what one political committee gave to a campaign; outside-spending rankings count what a committee spent independently. A separate conduit section groups individual contributions only when the campaign's memo record supplies a registered conduit committee's FEC ID. It never attributes donors to employers or interest groups, and it never exposes contributor names. Sites using broader attribution rules may therefore report different organization totals.
A cycle may be only partly reported
Filings arrive throughout a two-year cycle. A current cycle shows only what has been filed and processed through the coverage date shown above, so it is not comparable with a finished cycle.
This view is cycle specific
It covers the 2022 two-year cycle only.

Source: Federal Election Commission ↗. MyRepTracker ingests FEC records directly and does not add its own influence, risk, or corruption score.