1. Annette Taddeo was an unsuccessful candidate for several elections starting in 2008 and was Charlie Crist's running mate in the 2014 Florida gubernatorial election.
14 Facts About Annette Taddeo
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Annette Taddeo was formerly a Democratic candidate in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election, but withdrew to run for Congress in Florida's 27th congressional district to unsuccessfully challenge incumbent Maria Elvira Salazar.
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Annette Taddeo graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in commercial Spanish.
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In 1995, Annette Taddeo started a translation business, now called LanguageSpeak.
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Annette Taddeo entered politics in 2008 when she ran against Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen for Florida's 18th Congressional District, which then included parts of coastal Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys.
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Two years later, Annette Taddeo ran for an open seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission.
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Annette Taddeo remained active in local Democratic politics, and in December 2012 was elected chair of the county's Democratic Executive Committee.
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Annette Taddeo led an effort for Democrats to compete in every local State House election in 2014.
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Annette Taddeo ran for Congress again in 2016, in the 26th district, based in southern Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys.
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In September 2017, Annette Taddeo was elected in a special election for Florida's Senate District 40.
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In October 2021, Annette Taddeo announced she would run for the Democratic primary in the 2022 Florida gubernatorial election.
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Annette Taddeo opposed Charlie Crist, whom she ran alongside in his 2014 campaign for governor.
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In June 2022, Annette Taddeo announced that she would exit the gubernatorial primary and would instead run in the 2022 Florida's 27th congressional district race.
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Annette Taddeo was raised Catholic but converted to Judaism in her 20s.