José Javier Rodríguez (born August 8, 1978) is an American politician and attorney from Florida who served as the Assistant Secretary for Employment & Training at the United States Department of Labor from 2024 to 2025.

[1][2] A Democrat, he served one term in the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2020, representing Coral Gables, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Key Biscayne, and downtown Miami in Miami-Dade County.

[3] Rodríguez was able to defeat Dominguez by a fairly wide margin, winning the primary with 58% of the vote and advancing to the general election, where he faced former State Senator Alex Díaz de la Portilla.

Against Díaz de la Portilla, Rodríguez campaigned on supporting public education, encouraging economic growth,[4] and the fresh perspective that he would bring to the legislature, noting, "My opponent practically invented the business model of pandering to voters in Miami and then selling us out in Tallahassee.

[8][9] Former state senator Frank Artiles, a Republican, took credit for engineering Alex Rodríguez's run and Garcia's subsequent victory, according to a report by The Miami Herald.