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Police arrested former 2018 Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Thursday in Daphne, Alabama.<\/p>\n

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Daphne police booked Gillum \u2014 the former Mayor of Tallahassee \u2014\u00a0into Baldwin County Jail on charges of possessing dangerous drugs including marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to FOX 13 Tampa Bay. Gillum won his state\u2019s 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary in a major upset, before narrowly losing the general election to now Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n

The race between Gillum and DeSantis was decided by only 0.4% of the vote remained contested until weeks until after polls closed.<\/p>\n

Gillum reportedly overdosed on meth in 2020 after paramedics found him and a gay male escort \u2014 who claimed to be a \u201cpornstar performer \u2014 \u00a0at the Mondrian Hotel in South Beach, Florida, according to POLITICO. The progressive Democrat is married with three children.<\/p>\n

CNN hired Gillum as a commentator in 2019 amid an ethics commission investigation. He ultimately settled with state authorities, agreeing to admit to accepting gifts from lobbyists and to pay a fine of $5,000.<\/p>\n

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The Baldwin Sheriff\u2019s office and Gillum did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment. The Daphne Police Department, told DCNF it would not comment on the arrest.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Gillum speaks onstage during the 2025 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture presented by Coca-Cola \u2013 Day 3 at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Arturo Holmes\/Getty Images for ESSENCE)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In 2022, a federal grand jury indicted Gillum on charges of wire fraud, false statements and conspiracy. Between 2016 and 2019, the count indictment alleged that Gillum and National Black Justice Coalition chief executive officer Sharon Lettman-Hicks committed wire fraud by obtaining funds from \u201cvarious entities\u201d and individuals.<\/p>\n

A judge dismissed Gillum\u2019s charges the following year. Jurors acquitted him on lying to the FBI but could not reach a verdict on the accounts of fraud and wire tapping, The Hill reported.<\/p>\n

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