Former Florida gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum has checked himself into rehab for alcohol abuse. The move came days after Gillum, a rising star in the Democratic party, was found vomiting in a Miami hotel room where another man was being treated for a suspected meth overdose.“This has been a wake-up call for me,” Gillum said in the statement, released Sunday night. “Since my race for governor ended, I fell into a depression that has led to alcohol abuse.