Five years ago, Andrew Gillum was one of the brightest stars in Florida politics.
The then-Tallahassee mayor had a national profile. He won the 2018 Democratic nomination for Florida governor. And he nearly defeated Ron DeSantis, losing by fewer than 34,000 votes, or 0.41 percentage points.
Then came the fall.
In 2020, he was found by police in a South Beach hotel room in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs.
And last year, he was indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of lying to FBI agents and defrauding campaign mega-donors and organizations that believed they were donating to legitimate political causes.
The then-Tallahassee mayor had a national profile. He won the 2018 Democratic nomination for Florida governor. And he nearly defeated Ron DeSantis, losing by fewer than 34,000 votes, or 0.41 percentage points.
Then came the fall.
In 2020, he was found by police in a South Beach hotel room in the company of a man who appeared to have overdosed on drugs.
And last year, he was indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of lying to FBI agents and defrauding campaign mega-donors and organizations that believed they were donating to legitimate political causes.
Andrew Gillum was almost elected Florida governor. Now he’s on trial in federal court
The former Tallahassee mayor who almost beat Ron DeSantis in the 2018 race for governor faces 17 counts of wire fraud related to campaign finances.
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