Ex-florida Governor Candidate Andrew Gillum Arrested in Alabama on Illegal Substance Charges
- Andrew Gillum, the 2018 Democratic Florida gubernatorial candidate, was arrested in Daphne, Alabama, on Thursday on offences related to illegal substances
- Police booked him at Baldwin County Jail on charges of possession of dangerous illegal substances, possession of illicit substance-related paraphernalia, and possession of an illegal substance
- The arrest followed a 2020 Miami hotel incident involving Gillum, although prosecutors never charged him due to insufficient evidence
Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who came within a razor-thin margin of becoming Florida's governor, was arrested last week on multiple illegal substance-related charges in Alabama.
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TMZ reported on July 7, 2026, that Gillum was taken into custody on Thursday evening by officers in Daphne, Alabama, and later booked at Baldwin County Jail.
He faced charges of possession of dangerous illegal substances, possession of illegal substance-related paraphernalia, and possession of an illegal substance, according to online police records.
The Daphne Police Department had not released details on the circumstances leading to the arrest at the time of the report.
Andrew Gillum's history with law enforcement
This was not Gillum's first encounter with law enforcement over illegal substance-related matters.
In March 2020, paramedics responding to a call at the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach, Florida, found Gillum and another man in a disoriented state inside a hotel room.
A third individual had contacted emergency services, fearing that the man accompanying Gillum may have suffered an over use.
Body camera footage released by police afterwards showed several prescription pill bottles scattered throughout the room, along with three small bags containing methamphetamine.
Despite the findings, prosecutors declined to formally charge either Gillum or the other man present, citing insufficient evidence to establish a direct link between them and the substances, which were not found on their persons.
Andrew Gillum's Political Career
Gillum served as Mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018 before securing the Democratic nomination for the Florida governorship.
His 2018 general election contest against Republican nominee Ron DeSantis was one of the closest in Florida's recent history, with DeSantis ultimately prevailing by approximately 30,000 votes out of millions cast statewide.
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The Anti-Armed Robbery Unit apprehended Afoakwa on July 6, 2026, as he was preparing to flee the country.
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