Marili Cancio raises less, has more cash on hand than Annette Taddeo

Marili Cancio raises less, has more cash on hand than Annette Taddeo

Even though Florida Sen. Annette Taddeo has raised more than twice as much campaign fodder for her re-election as her challenger, Republican superwoman Marili Cancio has more cash in hand, according to the latest campaign reports. That’s because Taddeo has outspent Cancio, who has only been campaigning since June, by almost ten times. Cancio has reportedly […]

GOP’s Marili Cancio vs Dem Sen. Annette Taddeo in ‘year of the woman’

GOP’s Marili Cancio vs Dem Sen. Annette Taddeo in ‘year of the woman’

The Republicans know former State Sen. Frank Artiles wouldn’t stand a chance against newly-minted Sen. Annette Taddeo in a rematch so close to his fall from grace: Artiles was forced to resign his seat last year after he was caught in a drunken, racist and sexist tirade against fellow legislators in a Tallahassee watering hole, […]

Jose Felix Diaz outspends Annette Taddeo 3 to 1 plus — but loses anyway

Jose Felix Diaz outspends Annette Taddeo 3 to 1 plus — but loses anyway

Former State Rep. Jose Felix “Pepi” Diaz is nothing if not a formidable fundraiser. Everyone expected the Senate District 40 race to be expensive and Ladra even suggested it could be the most expensive Senate race in Florida history. We’ll have to wait until the final campaign finance reports are submitted weeks from now, but […]

Annette Taddeo finally wins one in heated, close, anti-Trump SD40

Annette Taddeo finally wins one in heated, close, anti-Trump SD40

Proving that tenacity and good old stubborn persistence can pay off, perennial candidate Annette Taddeo finally won an election Tuesday. And against a “titan” like former State Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, who spent at least twice as much money (more on that later), too. Taddeo beat Diaz by a comfortable edge, 50.95 to 47.21 percent for Diaz. […]

Wasting no time post primary, Republicans court NPAs in SD40 race

Wasting no time post primary, Republicans court NPAs in SD40 race

Two days after he crushed it in the GOP primary for the Senate Distrit 40 seat, former State Rep. Jose Felix Diaz is getting a head start on the general campaign with a mailer that calls him a “tax cutter” and a committment of $100K from fellow Republicans. The mailer arrived Thursday addressed to Ladra’s […]

Jose Felix Diaz and Annette Taddeo win SD40 with more money, mail

Jose Felix Diaz and Annette Taddeo win SD40 with more money, mail

Former State Rep. Jose Felix “Pepi” Diaz turned a 30-plus point deficit in early polls into a 32-point lead Tuesday when he won the special election for Senate District 40, beating former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla by a whopping 58 to 26 percent. Someone tell Ladra again how negative campaigns don’t work. Or how […]

Both Democrats in SD40 race are compared to Donald Trump

Both Democrats in SD40 race are compared to Donald Trump

It was bound to happen. In fact, one might wonder what took Annette Taddeo so long to bring up Ana Rivas Logan‘s Republican stripes. It happened this week, when Democrat voters received a mailer where Rivas Logan is pictured between President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who she only served in Tallahassee with […]

Gimenez family hit in Senate campaign… ADLP’s wag the dog?

Gimenez family hit in Senate campaign… ADLP’s wag the dog?

¡Que arroz con mango! The Senate 40 race has become a total telenovela in the final weeks, with a five-year old, out-of-state misdemeanor arrest record surfacing at the last minute, implicating something salacious and improper between former Sen. Alex Diaz de la Portilla and the daughter-in-law of the county mayor, who were taken into custody together […]