An event portrait photograph showing Sen. Brian Nathan at Westshore Grand Hotel in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 8, 2026. Captured in a centered medium shot inside a banquet hall, Florida State Senator Brian Nathan stands smiling directly at the camera. He wears rectangular eyeglass frames, a full beard, a dark navy suit, a white dress shirt, and a plaid tie in shades of blue, red, and silver with a gold lapel pin attached to his suit jacket, set against a hotel ballroom filled with seated event guests under warm overhead chandelier lighting. — Florida State Sen. Brian Nathan at Westshore Grand Hotel in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 8, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Democratic Florida State Sen. Brian Nathan can really settle into his office on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Highland Avenue, after winning re-election in the race for Florida’s District 14 State Senate Seat.

With all precincts reporting, Nathan has more than 52% of the the vote, according to unofficial results from the Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections.

In the special election just 224 days ago, Nathan, a Navy veteran and union member, defeated Tomkow by just over 400 votes, despite being out fundraised 10-1. At the time Gov. Ron DeSantis caught heat over not helping Tomkow in the race to replace Jay Collins who resigned to become DeSantis’ Lieutenant Governor.

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This article appears in Oct. 29 – Nov. 04, 2026.