Inside Darren Soto's Election Night watch party

Fox - 35 Orlando
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Nov 4, 2026
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AI GeneratedFox 35 reporter Chris Lindsey reports from Darren Soto's election night event in Kissimmee. While the atmosphere is celebratory, the race for Florida's 9th Congressional District against Republican Dan Green is expected to be tighter than previous elections due to recent redistricting that added more Republican-leaning voters to the area.
with Fox 35's Chris Lindsey,
who joins us from Darren Soto's election night event right now.
Chris, how are things going there?
Yes, he's actually just walked through the door,
so you can hear the commotion.
They're cheering him on.
So as you mentioned, he's running for the 9th Congressional District
against Republican challenger Dan Green.
He just showed up for the night.
I'm going to see if I can get a little
bit closer and get some sound from him.
I don't know if I need to say it in Asian,
but that's part of the good of the place.
Thank you.
He's speaking in Spanish at the moment,
but there are a lot of people out here who are supporting him.
The last time he ran for this congressional district,
he run it rather comfortably.
But a key component of this race here
is that there's been a recent map redistricting.
So there are a lot of more presumed Republican voters this time around.
So the closer the race could be much closer in this instance.
Hi, Chris.
Chris, you know it seems like there's a lot of folks in there,
can you just kind of talk us through,
where are you guys and what is that atmosphere like?
Well, we're in Kissimmee. We're at a barbecue restaurant.
There are a lot of people. The mood is very high.
You have people who are here to support their favorite candidate.
They're eating, they're drinking, and they're having a good time.
So the mood has been very joyous. The mood has been very light.
And there are a lot of excited people.
Every time they see his name pop up on the screen,
there's a crowding cheer that comes over the room.
And there's another instance of what they've been doing all night.
Anytime his name comes up or another Democratic candidate
that is presumed to win comes up on the screen,
you hear a cheer come over the room.
And this has been one of those interesting races to watch,
Chris, because of the redistricting.
This is a district that looks very different than
the last time Darren Soto had to run for this seat.
Yes, he won comfortably by about 12 points the last time around.
We're still in the early stages.
And I'm curious, do you
know what Dan Green
is up to tonight if he's
having an election
night event?
I'll have to get back to you to see where he is exactly.
And the next time we check in,
I'll have some more information about that.
All right.
Yeah, we'll keep an eye on those numbers as well as they come in.
It's been close, but we'll see what ends up happening to that.
Chris, we'll keep an eye on your shot, too.
We would love to hear from Congressman Soto there.
If you're able to grab him in the next little bit,
we would love to hear back from you.
Okay, thank you.
