Result
Sen. Brian Nathan (D-Tampa) has won a full term in Florida Senate District 14, beating Republican Josie Tomkow on Tuesday, Nov. 3 in a rematch of the March special election that first sent him to the Senate. Unofficial returns show Nathan with 101,247 votes, or 52.2%, to Tomkow’s 92,540, or 47.8%.
That is a clearer win than the March 24 special, when Nathan flipped the seat by 408 votes in a district Donald Trump carried by more than 7 points in 2024. The seat had been vacant since August 2025, when Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Republican Jay Collins as lieutenant governor.
Candidates and Platforms
Nathan, a Navy veteran and first-time candidate, built his career with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, working as an electrician, lead organizer and assistant business manager. His campaign has focused on lowering housing costs so families and seniors can stay in their communities and on bringing good-paying jobs to the area.
Tomkow, a cattle rancher, represented a Polk County district in the Florida House from 2018 until she resigned early to run for the Senate. She campaigned on her record of voting for tax cuts, along with lowering insurance rates, flood hardening and support for law enforcement.
District and Chamber
District 14 is a Tampa-area seat in Hillsborough County that Collins won by 10 points in 2022. Republicans held at least 22 of the Florida Senate’s 40 seats on election night, with four races still uncalled and Republicans leading in each. In the Florida House, Democrats netted 15 seats and broke the Republican supermajority there that had stood since 2022.
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