2026 forecast · Florida 9th

Dan Green is slightly favored to win Florida's 9th District.

Darren Soto vs Dan Green. The model has Green ahead by 2.0 points, winning 62 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Toss upModel R +2.0Polls D +3.0Updated October 22, 2026
Darren Soto
Democrat
49.0%
159,771 projected votes
Dan Green
Republican
51.0%
166,100 projected votes
62%Green
38%Soto
Green slightly favoredEach square is one simulated election night, Green wins about 62 of 100
RatingToss up62% chance for Green
Model marginR +2.0Polls D +3.0
80 percent rangeD +7.6 to R +11.22,000 simulations
Projected votes325,871Green 51.0%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Florida districts

28 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Darren SotoDemocrat · 38% to win
49.0%
Dan GreenRepublican · 62% to win
51.0%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

325,871 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Dan Green R166,10051.0%
Darren Soto D159,77149.0%
Total325,871100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%38% Soto62% Green16 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Florida governor polling average
36%38%40%42%44%46%48%50%52%54%MayJunJulAugSepOct43.0Jolly48.3Donalds
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
Fabrizio Lee for Donalds (R)Oct 11 · 1,200 LV · A18%Donalds +6.0
On Point PollingOct 18 · 378 LV · Gold17%Donalds +4.2
MDW Communications (D)Oct 10 · 2,351 LV · NR15%Donalds +2.1
University of North FloridaOct 19 · 1,471 LV · NR11%Donalds +2.0
Targoz Market Research (R)Oct 4 · 1,000 LV · C+10%Donalds +10.0
co/efficient (R)Oct 20 · 1,014 LV · C+7.0%Donalds +9.0
Every other poll together: 21%

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageD +3.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
Green +2.0
Chance of winning
Darren Soto38%
Dan Green62%
Simulated vote
Darren Soto49.0%
Dan Green51.0%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +17.0
FundamentalsR +2.6
With pollsR +0.5
Early vote turnoutR +1.5
With early voteR +2.0

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Florida, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +20R +20Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +17.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +2.6With pollsaverage D +3.0R +0.5With early voteturnout so farR +2.0
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.