Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic nominee for Florida governor, was arrested in southern Alabama on drug-related charges, according to Baldwin County jail records.
Gillum, 46, was arrested July 2 by the Daphne Police Department and booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Center on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and second-degree possession of marijuana. Jail records indicate he was released the following day. Authorities have not publicly released additional details about the circumstances leading to the arrest.
Gillum served as mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018 before winning the Democratic nomination for governor. He narrowly lost the 2018 general election to Ron DeSantis by about 32,000 votes, one of the closest gubernatorial races in Florida history.
The arrest marks the latest legal setback for Gillum. In 2020, he entered a rehabilitation program after a widely publicized incident at a Miami Beach hotel, saying he had struggled with depression and alcohol abuse following his gubernatorial defeat. No criminal charges were filed in connection with that incident.
Gillum was also prosecuted in federal court on campaign-related charges stemming from his time in public office. In 2023, a jury acquitted him on one count, while the court declared a mistrial on the remaining counts after jurors were unable to reach unanimous verdicts.
As of Tuesday afternoon, neither the Daphne Police Department nor Gillum had publicly commented on the Alabama arrest. The charges remain allegations, and Gillum is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
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