# Dan Green > [!note] Stub > This is a short entry that hasn't been fully written yet. **Dan Green** is a Republican from Vero Beach, Florida, and a captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. In [[Donald Trump]]'s first term he served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and force development, from 2019 to 2021. He won a seven-way Republican primary for Florida's redrawn 9th District on August 18, 2026, with 25.4 percent of the vote, and faces Democratic Rep. [[Darren Soto]] in November. The race is covered at [[FL-09-2026]]. ## Connections - [[FL-09-2026]] · [[Darren Soto]] · [[Donald Trump]]