PORT ST. LUCIE — At least one confirmed threat was made against campaign volunteers at a Port St. Lucie polling place ahead of Tuesday's midterm election.

An elderly man was arrested after making verbal threats to two campaign workers at the Port St. Lucie Community Center Friday during early voting, police said.

The man approached volunteers around 3:30 p.m. and began harassing them, said Port St. Lucie police spokesman Master Sgt. Frank Sabol.

The volunteers, who were sign-waving for Republican state house candidate Toby Overdorf, told police the man said he was "one of those Democrats who wants to kill you," Sabol said.

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Police were able to use photos of the man's license plate to track him down.

Under questioning, the man attributed his words to President Trump and that "he was repeating what the president said," officers wrote in a report.

While talking with police, officers noted the man began ranting and became physically agitated. They determined he posed a danger to himself or others, reports said.

Because the volunteers were not in fear and because the man made no aggressive gestures toward them, he was not charged with assault, police said.

"He was ultimately Baker Acted," Sabol said.

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