TALLAHASSEE — Promising to go after “corrupt power brokers in Tallahassee,” José Javier Rodríguez, the Miami Democrat who lost his Florida Senate seat to a criminal election conspiracy, is launching a campaign to become Florida attorney general.

The Harvard-educated attorney and former Biden administration official told the Times/Herald that he is running to challenge operatives and corporations that he believes have run amok in the Republican-controlled Capitol, including property insurers and utilities.

“The Office of Attorney General is supposed to be the people’s lawyer,” he said in an interview Friday. “To stand up to the corrupt and powerful when you need to, but always serving the best interest of the people of Florida.”

The job of attorney general “is not to be the governor’s la

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