Former Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum was arrested on drug possession charges in Daphne, Alabama, on July 2. Police reported stopping Gillum for erratic driving and subsequently discovered marijuana and methamphetamine in his vehicle. He was charged with marijuana possession and unlawful possession of a controlled substance and released from jail the following day.
Gillum, 46, narrowly lost the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race to Republican Ron DeSantis. Once a rising star in the Democratic Party, he has faced previous legal and personal challenges, including a 2020 incident where he was found inebriated in a Miami Beach hotel with someone who had overdosed. In 2022, a federal grand jury indicted Gillum on wire fraud and conspiracy charges, though a judge later dismissed some of those charges.
Gillum is a co-host of the politically themed podcast 'Native Land,' which won an NAACP Image Award in 2025. As of the latest reports, he has not publicly addressed the arrest, and court records for his case were not yet available.