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  Taddeo, Annette J.
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<-  2018-01-01  
 
NameAnnette J. Taddeo
Address2929 SW 3 Ave, Suite 220
Miami, Florida 33129, United States
EmailCampaign@TeamTaddeo.com
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Born April 07, 1967 (56 years)
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InfoAnnette Joanne Taddeo-Goldstein is a Democratic politician who has served as a member of the Florida Senate since 2017. She represents the 40th district, encompassing Kendall and surrounding areas in southern Miami-Dade County.

Taddeo was born in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, to an Italian-American father and Colombian mother. Her early life was spent in Colombia until she moved to live with family friends in Huntsville, Alabama, at the age of 17. She graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in commercial Spanish. Shortly after, she moved to Miami. In 1995, Taddeo started a translation business, now called LanguageSpeak.

Taddeo is married to Eric Goldstein, a Miami psychologist. They have a daughter, Sofia. Annette also has twin stepdaughters from her husband's previous marriage.

Taddeo entered politics in 2008 when she ran against Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Florida's 18th Congressional District, which then included parts of coastal Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys. Taddeo was unopposed in the Democratic primary but lost to Ros-Lehtinen in the general election, 58 to 42%.

Two years later, Taddeo ran for an open seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission. She placed third in the nonpartisan primary, garnering 21%.

Taddeo remained active in the local Democratic politics, and in December 2012 was elected chair of the county's Democratic Executive Committee. As county party chair, she organized support for successful Democratic candidates in Miami Beach, Homestead, and other local elections. She also led an effort for Democrats to compete in every local State House election in 2014. In the end, only two of the seats within the county lacked a Democratic candidate that year, the fewest since 1984.

In July 2014, gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, who had previously served as governor as a Republican, named Taddeo as his running mate. The Crist-Taddeo ticket lost the general election to incumbent Republican Governor Rick Scott and Lieutenant Governor Carlos López-Cantera, 48.1 to 47.1%.

Taddeo ran for Congress again in 2016, in the 26th district, based in southern Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys. She lost the Democratic primary to former Congressman Joe Garcia, 51.3 to 48.7%. Garcia went on to lose the general election to the incumbent, Republican Carlos Curbelo. During the campaign, some of Taddeo's secret campaign documents, some of which highlighted her weaknesses as a candidate, were made public. It later came out that Taddeo was one of several Democratic House candidates targeted by Russian hackers, and the documents were stolen from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and released to reporters and bloggers in order to undermine Democratic campaigns in competitive districts.

In September 2017, Taddeo was elected in a special election for Florida's Senate District 40. The election was called to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Republican Senator Frank Artiles. Taddeo won the primary election against former State Representative and Miami-Dade School Board Member Ana Rivas Logan, 71 to 29%. Taddeo defeated Republican State Representative José Félix Díaz in the general election, 51 to 47%.

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  02/25/2023 FL Democratic Party Chair Lost 47.02% (-5.70%)
  11/08/2022 FL District 27 Lost 42.71% (-14.59%)
  08/23/2022 FL District 27 - D Primary Won 67.80% (+41.86%)
  11/06/2018 FL State Senate 40 Won 53.49% (+6.97%)
  09/26/2017 FL State Senate 40 - Special Election Won 50.95% (+3.75%)
  07/25/2017 FL State Senate 40 - Special D Primary Won 70.71% (+41.43%)
  08/30/2016 FL District 26 - D Primary Lost 48.75% (-2.51%)
  11/04/2014 FL Lt. Governor Lost 47.06% (-1.08%)
  08/24/2010 Miami-Dade County Commissioner 08 Lost 20.99% (-8.97%)
  11/04/2008 FL - District 18 Lost 42.13% (-15.74%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  08/23/2022 FL Governor - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-59.71%)
ENDORSEMENTS
FL Governor - D Primary - Aug 23, 2022 D Charlie Crist
FL District 20 - Special D Primary - Nov 02, 2021 D Perry E. Thurston, Jr.
Miami-Dade County Mayor - Aug 18, 2020 D Daniella Levine Cava
FL US President - D Primary - Mar 17, 2020 D Joe Biden
DNC Party Chair - Feb 25, 2017 D Keith M. Ellison
Florida Marriage Protection Amendment - Nov 04, 2008 NO No
FEC COMMITTEES
C00445163 Taddeo for Congress $ 13830.31
C00819300 ANNETTE TADDEO VICTORY FUND $ -4714.00