Annette Taddeo Enters Florida Chief Financial Officer Race to Challenge Blaise Ingoglia

Overview

• Taddeo launched her campaign on Monday, June 8, 2026, releasing a video that accused CFO Blaise Ingoglia of tolerating no-bid contracts and called him a 'lapdog' for Gov. Ron DeSantis.
• Taddeo says she will make consumer protection, government transparency and rooting out waste the focus of the office, pointing to costly service contracts for the Everglades detention site nicknamed 'Alligator Alcatraz' and the Hope Florida matter involving redirected Medicaid settlement dollars.
• Incumbent Blaise Ingoglia, appointed by DeSantis in July 2025, holds a large financial edge with more than $981,000 in his campaign account plus over $4 million in a separate political committee.
• Former IRS investigator Earle Ford has also entered the Democratic primary and has drawn party endorsements that split Democratic leaders; the primary is scheduled for Aug. 18, 2026, and the general election is Nov. 3, 2026.
• The CFO post controls state finances, sits on the Florida Cabinet, oversees the insurance market and serves as fire marshal, so the race will directly affect insurance regulation, taxpayer oversight and how settlement dollars and state contracts are audited.