In the shocker of the night, Democrat Brian Nathan defeated Republican Josie Tomkow in the Senate District 14 race by 408 votes.Florida PhoenixBy: Mitch PerryMarch 24, 2026Florida Democrats flipped two legislative seats Tuesday night in their biggest election night in years.In the only state Senate election on the ballot, Democrat Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran, union organizer, and first-time candidate, shocked Republican state Rep. Josie Tomkow in the Hillsborough County Senate District 14 contest, winning by just 408 votes, taking 50.25% of the vote to Tomkow 49.75%.Tomkow said she will run again for the seat in November.The seat has been vacant since August, when Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed GOP incumbent Jay Collins to serve as his lieutenant governor.[...]In the Palm Beach County House District 87 race that includes Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, Democrat Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate with a public-health background, defeated Republican financial adviser Jon Maples, 51%-49%, in a district that Trump won by more than 10 points in 2024.It’s a seat that was formerly held by Rep. Mike Caruso, one of Ron DeSantis’ closest allies in the House whom he elevated to the county clerk of the court position last summer. Caruso won the seat by 19 points in 2024.
That is why the Republicans are pushing the SAVE Act! They are scared s**tless that the Democrats will control Congress and impeach Trump!
The AARP had this to say about the act:
Key Takeaways
- A proposed federal bill would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and photo ID at the polls, making voting tougher for many older adults
- Millions lack easy access to passports or birth certificates, and older adults face added complications from name changes, moves or expired IDs
- The changes could complicate mail-in voting and create new avenues for identity theft
Older adults are a force in deciding U.S. elections.Voters 65 and older have had the highest turnout of any age group since 1988, with 72 percent casting ballots in 2020. For the 2024 election, voters 50 and older made up 55 percent of the electorate.But a bill that passed the House of Representatives could make it harder for U.S. citizens 50 and older to exercise these rights. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, would require Americans to provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections, even though citizenship is already a requirement to vote. The proposal would also compel voters to show valid photo identification at the polls or submit a copy of their ID when mailing a ballot. The bill is awaiting a vote in the Senate.
The AARP is warning about the dangers of the SAVE Act!
Only a few documents, such as a U.S. passport or a birth certificate in conjunction with a valid form of photo ID, will satisfy the proposed requirements in the SAVE America Act. The Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy organization, estimates that more than 21 million Americans of voting age don’t have easy access to documents that confirm citizenship. Roughly half of Americans 65 and older lack a passport, according to a YouGov survey from 2023. If your passport has expired, you will need weeks (and must pay a fee) to renew it. Older Americans who have moved often over the span of their lives, or have moved out of their homes and into nursing or assisted living facilities, may have an especially tough time gathering the required proof of eligibility.
And remember: regarding voter fraud, the Brennan Center found "...meticulously studied for voter fraud, and found incident rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent."The SAVE Act exists for only one thing: to protect the Republican Party—even Trump said it! The Dispatch reported that,
Many pugilists in the debate over the SAVE America Act assume that a proof-of-citizenship requirement would yield a Republican electoral advantage. Trump said that the Democrats “know if we get [the SAVE America Act], they probably won’t win an election for 50 years.” Sen. Mike Lee of Utah warned that Republicans will lose power—“likely for a long time”—if Congress doesn’t pass it (although Trump won in 2016 and 2024 without the legislation, and Utah, Lee’s home state, does not require documented proof of citizenship for voter registration).
Why do they know they will win if the SAVE Act is passed? Because they already tried a "mini-SAVE Act," and it did exactly what it was supposed to do: disenfranchise voters!
As the Senate considers President Donald Trump's stringent anti-voter fraud measure, legal experts say Kansas's offers a troubling case studyBy Josh MeyerUSA TODAYUpdated March 19, 2026If you want to understand what might happen nationwide if President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act goes into effect, ask lawyer Lauren Bonds, who fought − and defeated − a similar statewide law in Kansas nearly a decade ago.Bonds was part of a legal team that sued Kansas and its secretary of state, Kris Kobach, after they implemented a voter registration law that required proof of citizenship to register to vote, as Trump's proposal would.A federal judge ruled that the state law was unconstitutional and violated federal election laws designed to protect people from being disenfranchised, or unfairly denied the ability to vote.By then, though, the damage had been done. At least 31,000 people were barred from registering to vote, according to the judge’s findings, including in a key statewide election in 2014 in which incumbent Republican Gov. Sam Brownback narrowly defeated Democrat Paul Davis.
Thirty-one thousand voters denied the right to vote!!!
Bonds and other voting rights advocates said that if Republicans manage to pass the SAVE America Act, or SAVE Act for short, it could disenfranchise vast numbers of eligible voters."It was tens of thousands of people in Kansas," Bonds, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas at the time, told USA TODAY. "Obviously, if you multiply that nationally, it could really deprive a bunch of people who are undoubtedly lawfully authorized to vote from being able to cast their ballot."
This entire SAVE Act is for one thing, and one thing only: to keep the Republicans in power forever and ever!
The Save Act also bans mail-in ballots!
Palm Beach County records show that Trump, 79, voted via mail ahead of this week’s special election in the state, according to reportsPeopleBy Becca LongmirePublished on March 24, 2026President Donald Trump has reportedly cast another ballot via mail, despite his constant criticism of mail-in voting.Earlier this month, Trump, 79, voted in this week’s special election for House District 87 in Florida, which includes his Mar-a-Lago residence, CNN reported, citing Palm Beach County records.Public records suggest that the president’s mail ballot had been counted and received by election officials in Palm Beach County, per NBC News. Trump is registered to vote in the area.
Do as I say, not as I do!
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