{"id":113413,"date":"2026-01-10T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113413\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T19:37:09","slug":"florida-gop-backs-james-uthmeier-for-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/113413\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GOP backs James Uthmeier for Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incumbent Attorney General James Uthmeier has nominal opposition in August\u2019s Primary, but he has the official imprimatur of the state\u2019s Republican Party well ahead of the first votes being cast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJames Uthmeier represents the very best of our party and our movement,\u201d said Republican Party of Florida Chairman Evan Power. \u201cHe earned the trust of Governor Ron DeSantis through his appointment as Attorney General and the endorsement of President Donald Trump by consistently delivering for Florida. This unanimous endorsement reflects the unity of our party and our shared confidence in James to continue leading and winning for Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Uthmeier was DeSantis\u2019 Chief of Staff before being appointed to replace former AG Ashley Moody, who herself was appointed to replace current Secretary of State\u00a0Marco Rubio in the United States Senate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As evidenced by the unanimous vote to endorse him at Saturday\u2019s meeting of the state party,\u00a0 the Republican apparatus approves of what Uthmeier has done with his opportunity, lauding him for being \u201cfocused on fighting federal overreach, standing up for victims, protecting parental rights, and ensuring Florida remains the freest state in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe Republican Party of Florida is united and focused on winning,\u201d Power added. \u201cJames Uthmeier has delivered for Florida, and we are proud to stand with him as he continues the important work of defending our state and our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bailproject.org\/?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=display&amp;utm_campaign=florida_politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-741372 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/we_protect_due_process_floridapolitics_ad-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cFlorida\u2019s conservative grassroots leaders have helped us to become the deep red \u2018Free State of Florida!\u2019 It\u2019s an honor to have your support and I will not let you down,\u201d Uthmeier said on social media after receiving the endorsement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Incumbent Attorney General James Uthmeier has nominal opposition in August\u2019s Primary, but he has the official imprimatur of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[409,51922,28,30,29,4260,57601,412],"class_list":["post-113413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-donald-trump","tag-evan-power","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-james-uthmeier","tag-republican-party-of-florida-rpof","tag-ron-desantis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}