Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum is back in an Alabama jail after missing a required drug screening and subsequently testing positive for methamphetamine, according to court records and local reports.
Gillum, 47, was booked into the Baldwin County Jail on Aug. 6 after a judge revoked his bond following the failed drug test.
The former Tallahassee mayor had been participating in court-ordered drug testing stemming from his arrest in Alabama last month.
Court documents obtained by WCTV show Gillum missed a required drug screening before appearing in court Thursday. He was then tested during the court appearance, with the result coming back positive for methamphetamine, according to the records.
Gillum was subsequently taken back into custody.
The latest development comes roughly a month after Gillum was arrested during a traffic stop in Daphne, Alabama.
Police stopped Gillum on July 2 after officers observed him driving erratically, according to authorities.
During a search of his vehicle, officers allegedly discovered a glass pipe, rolled marijuana cigarettes and three packages containing a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine.
Gillum was booked into the Baldwin County Jail following that arrest before being released July 3.
The former Democratic politician was then subjected to drug testing as part of the conditions imposed following the arrest.
Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney John Oxford told TMZ that Gillum participated in a random screening system known as “color code drug testing.”
Under the program, participants are assigned a color and required to call a hotline each day to determine whether they have been selected for testing.
Prosecutors said Gillum failed to appear for testing when his assigned color was called.
Authorities subsequently tested him when he appeared in court, and prosecutors said that screening came back positive for methamphetamine.
Gillum’s latest legal troubles come years after he emerged as a rising figure in Democratic politics.
He served as mayor of Tallahassee from 2014 to 2018 before becoming the Democratic nominee for Florida governor in 2018.
Gillum faced then-Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in one of the closest gubernatorial races in the country that year.
DeSantis ultimately defeated Gillum by approximately 0.4 percentage points.
Gillum later became involved in a separate federal criminal case.
Federal prosecutors indicted Gillum in 2022 on charges related to alleged campaign fraud. A jury found him not guilty of making false statements to the FBI in 2023 but deadlocked on the remaining charges.
Federal prosecutors subsequently moved to dismiss the unresolved charges.
Gillum also made national headlines in March 2020 after police responded to a Miami Beach hotel room where another man was experiencing a suspected drug overdose.
Officers reported finding suspected methamphetamine inside the room, though Gillum was not charged in connection with the incident.
Gillum later announced that he would enter rehabilitation and withdraw from public life.
His latest detention is directly connected to the conditions imposed following his July arrest in Alabama, as Trending Politics reported.
Court records show Gillum’s bond was revoked after the missed screening and subsequent positive methamphetamine test.
Gillum’s next court appearance is scheduled for Thursday as the Alabama case moves forward
