Andrew Gillum arrested ... remember him? Dem candidate for Florida Gov

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

what could have been

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/07/andrew-gillum-arrested-drug-charges-alabama/90833425007/

[Keepthesoulalive]

1. No

He was under a cloud as mayor of Tallahassee.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. Oh was he?

[Keepthesoulalive]

7. Something about money

He should not have taken.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

3. Jeez...

I live in Florida and can’t even remember any of this…

That being said, FL does allow marijuana with a card now—though that wouldn’t have helped him in GA. The crystal meth, though? Yeah… I hate to say we dodged a bullet because we’ve been stuck with DeathSantis all this time, but… again, Jeez.

[fujiyamasan]

4. What a shame

Ever since that defeat in 2018 the party hasn’t really recovered in that state. Trump carried it another two times by wider margins and Desantis won his reelection in a blowout.

[RockRaven]

5. I was scanning post titles quickly and first read that as "Dem candidate for Florida Guy"

Yeah, yeah he was...

[FM123]

6. I voted for Andrew Gillum.

I was planning to vote for Gwen Graham, but I heard Andrew speak and he blew me away. It turned out that he had some really serious personal issues that the public did not know about at the time - we really thought that he was going to be the next big thing. So sad how his life turned out.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. He was our pre Swalwell, pre Platner candidate..of course his "crimes" didnt involve abusing women

[FM123]

9. Yes

Before it all hit the fan, we believed Swalwell was going places too.....

[edhopper]

10. Even highon Meth

Would have been better than DeSatan.

[PCB66]

11. I voted for him

Because he was running against DeSantis.

However, there were a lot of red flags that he was a potential Florida's Salwell/Platner.