Annette Taddeo victorious in hard-fought SD 40 special election

[Sluggeaux]

Source: Florida Politics

Democrat Annette Taddeo has won the state Senate District 40 special election, narrowly defeating Republican state Rep. Jose Felix Diaz in the hotly contested and expensive race closely watched by both state and national parties.

SD 40 wound up being more of a nail-biter than anyone first expected, as Republicans entered Election Day with only a slim 500 early-vote lead. But Hurricane Irma and its aftereffects helped the off-year race stay a low-turnout affair.

In the end, Diaz took just under 48 percent of the vote; Taddeo received 51 percent.




Read more: http://floridapolitics.com/archives/245587-annette-taddeo-victorious-hard-fought-sd-40-special-election

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This was an important race to flip the state! Congratulations Taddeo. This may just be a state race but it IS an indication of the winds of this nation shifting.

[iluvtennis]

1. Excellent!

[Amimnoch]

2. Great, and needed positive news.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a huge tide of Democratic Party wins! Florida no longer has the full run of rumpublican control.

[hay rick]

3. This was a Republican seat.

Clinton carried the district in 2016 but a Republican won this seat at the same time, replacing a black Democratic incumbent. Diaz raised $1.4 million for this race vs. Taddeo's $344,000.

This is a big deal.

[FM123]

4. I am proud to be a Floridian tonight! We are going to try to keep flipping....

[IronLionZion]

5. Yay!

Great to see Dems taking over Republican seats at the state level

[calimary]

6. Welcome to DU, Sluggeaux!

This is a very nice trend developing now. Let's hope it continues!

[Judi Lynn]

7. Beautiful news finding out she won. She's been working so hard and patiently for years,

and has finally gotten past the Republican political chokehold in South Florida.

Wishing Annette Taddeo the very best possible luck.

I had to post this article I just found,mentioning her opponent!

Democrat Annette Taddeo wins Miami-area state Senate seat
The Associated Press
SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 7:48 PM

MIAMI

A Democratic candidate on the losing end of three previous elections is the winner over a Republican who once appeared on "The Apprentice" in a special election to fill a Florida state Senate seat.

Unofficial results show Annette Taddeo beat state Rep. Jose Felix "Pepi" Diaz in an election to fill the Miami-area seat that was left vacant when Republican Frank Artiles resigned after using the N-word in front of two black colleagues.

The 50-year-old businesswoman has run for Congress twice and was Democrat Charlie Crist's running mate in the 2014 governor's race won by Republican incumbent Rick Scott.

In 2006, Diaz appeared on President Donald Trump's reality show and was one of the first contestants to be "fired" by the billionaire. Democrats used the 37-year-old lawyer's ties to the president to stir up support for Taddeo.

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article175572391.html

Yippee!



Rep. Jose Felix "Pepi" Diaz and the world's biggest liar.