Andrew Gillum Joins CNN As Political Commentator

Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum is joining CNN as a political commentator. The former Tallahassee mayor ran for governor last year, but narrowly lost to former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis.

“Thrilled to be joining CNN as a political commentator,” Gillum tweeted.

Despite his loss in the governor’s race, Gillum is among the young Democratic Party liberals who excited party activists on the national level.

The CNN announcement comes amid political trouble from Gillum’s time as mayor of Tallahassee. There is an advancing ethics complaint alleging Gillum flouted ethics laws on two trips in 2016. The trips, to Costa Rica and New York City, were taken with a lobbyist and former friend who is believed to be a center of an FBI investigation into public corruption in Tallahassee. The second trip included two undercover agents who were part of the investigation.

Although the ethics complaint is not directly linked to the investigation, both were still used to attack Gillum during his contentious run for governor last year.

Gillum is among many 2018 losers who are jumping into television. Former Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill and Miami Rep. Carlos Curbelo joined NBC and MSNBC as political analysts, while former Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake joined CBS as a political commentator.

By: Maytinee Kramer