{"id":965,"date":"2026-09-13T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/cpt_politics\/james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T17:05:37","slug":"james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"cpt_politics","link":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/politics\/james-uthmeier-florida-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"James Uthmeier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Uthmeier is the Florida Attorney General. The Attorney General is Florida&#8217;s top lawyer, representing the state in court and defending state laws when somebody sues over them. The office also runs the consumer-protection and Medicaid-fraud units, so it is where you complain about scams, price-gouging and shady contractors.<\/p>\n<p>Term ending January 2027, on the ballot November 3, 2026<\/p>\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n<p>CABINET SEAT ON THE NOVEMBER 3 2026 BALLOT. Statewide office covering all of Tampa Bay. Uthmeier was appointed by Gov. DeSantis in February 2025 rather than elected, after previously serving as the Governor&#8217;s chief of staff, so 2026 is the first time voters weigh in on this seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Uthmeier is the Florida Attorney General. The Attorney General is Florida&#8217;s top lawyer, representing the state in court and defending state laws when somebody sues over them. The office also runs the consumer-protection and Medicaid-fraud units, so it is where you complain about scams, price-gouging and shady contractors. Term[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":966,"menu_order":1003,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wds_primary_politics-category":0},"politics-category":[],"class_list":["post-965","cpt_politics","type-cpt_politics","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics\/965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_politics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_politics"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"politics-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oddusee.com\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/politics-category?post=965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}