Annette Taddeo

Annette Joanne Taddeo-Goldstein (née Taddeo /təˈdeɪ.oʊ/; born April 7, 1967) is a Colombian-American politician and businesswoman who served as a member of the Florida Senate from the 40th district from 2017 to 2022.

Her early life was spent in Colombia until she moved to live with family friends in Huntsville, Alabama, at the age of 17.

As county party chair, she organized support for successful Democratic candidates in Miami Beach, Homestead, and other local elections.

[3] In July 2014, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who had previously served as governor as a Republican, named Taddeo as his running mate.

Taddeo won the primary election against former state representative and Miami-Dade School Board Member Ana Rivas Logan, 71 to 29%.

[14] In June 2022, Taddeo announced that she would exit the gubernatorial primary and would instead run in the 2022 Florida's 27th congressional district race.

[16] Taddeo won the primary in August against Miami City Commissioner Ken Russell and progressive activist Angel Montalvo.

Despite trying to win over Latin voters in the historically Democratic Miami-Dade County and make Florida's 27th congressional district competitive, Taddeo lost by almost 15% to incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar.