MIAMI — Andrew Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in 2018, announced on Sunday night that he is going into rehab. Mr. Gillum, who narrowly lost the governor’s race and went on to become a prominent television commentator, said in a statement that he would seek treatment for alcoholism. Mr. Gillum was found in a Miami Beach hotel room last week when paramedics were called in to help another man who was suffering from a possible drug overdose. “This has been a wake-up call for me,” Mr. Gillum said. “Since my race for governor ended, I fell into a depression that has led to alcohol abuse.”

Source: New York Times March 16, 2020 01:18 UTC