September 27, 2017

Annette Taddeo victorious in hard-fought SD 40 special election

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.