Sen. Annette Taddeo shifts from Florida guv’s race to congressional bid in CD27

State Sen. Annette Taddeo (D-Miami) announced Monday that she was going to withdraw from the Florida governor’s race — where she promised to become the first Latina guv — and will instead run in the primary for the congressional seat in Florida’s 27th Congressional District against U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar....

She changed her pinned tweet late Monday from ‘Yay, I’m running for gov,’ to “excited for the opportunity to earn the trust and support of the people who live in Florida’s 27th Congressional District which includes much of the area I’ve been grateful to represent in my historic time in the Florida Senate since 2017.”

Not so fast, says Miami Commissioner Ken Russell, who made a switch of his own — from U.S. Senate against Marco Rubio, because he couldn’t beat Val Demings — to CD27, and is standing in the way between Taddeo and Salazar with an Aug. 23 Democratic primary....

Russell has already raised has $1.4 million and has a campaign field team in place. Last week, he announced the launching of his canvassing efforts, which he expects to reach 150,000 doors by election day. This week, he’s officially launching the campaign with a block party....