FL-27: Annette Taddeo (D)
As a little girl and a teenager, Annette Taddeo underwent 19 major surgeries to correct a cleft lip. When she was 17, her father Anthony, was kidnapped by a Marxist terrorist group funded by the Cuban regime. She was forced to flee an unstable Colombia to the United States.
After living and working her way through college waiting tables in Alabama, Taddeo moved to Miami in the wake of Hurricane Andrew to help her parents rebuild their lives. It was during those difficult months living in a motor home that she started her own business at the young age of 22. As a working mom, Annette lives in Miami with her husband Dr. Eric Goldstein and daughter Sofia.
In 2017, Taddeo became the first Latina Democrat elected to the State Senate in Florida history when she flipped a Senate seat held by a Republican. She is a true Democratic leader and the only candidate who has championed Democratic values her entire career defending a woman’s right to make choices about her own body, economic growth through helping our small businesses, affordable healthcare for all Floridians, safe drinking water, and stronger and safer schools.
The biographical information above was sourced from the candidate’s campaign website, see links above for more information.
