Democratic challenger aiming for Ros-Lehtinen upset

A little-known Colombian- American businesswoman faces an uphill climb as she poses the first serious challenge to a 19-year Congressional incumbent. Annette Taddeo was managing her translation business and raising her 9-month-old daughter in April of last year when she got an improbable phone call -- one that would lure her into congressional politics. A Democratic political consultant was drafting a poll. Would Taddeo consider running against popular, longtime incumbent Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen? The 41-year-old Taddeo, a first-time candidate, had always pictured herself taking a stab at public office -- a high-profile post, not a local community council -- so to her, the proposition made sense. ''I'm a woman, a Hispanic and a Jew,'' she told a group of Miami Beach seniors, to much laughter, while campaigning over... [read full story]