13 Facts About Aramis Ayala

Aramis Ayala was born on February 2,1975 and is an American politician and prosecutor who was the state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida.

Aramis Ayala was elected in November 2016, and served as the chief prosecutor from 2017 to 2021.

In May 2019, Ayala stated that she would not seek re-election as state attorney.

Aramis Ayala was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Florida Attorney General election.

Aramis Ayala lost the general election to incumbent Ashley Moody by a landslide.

Aramis Ayala was born in Saginaw, Michigan, and graduated from the University of Michigan with an undergraduate degree.

Aramis Ayala then obtained her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit.

Aramis Ayala announced she would not seek capital punishment in any case, causing Florida Governor Rick Scott to reassign potential death penalty cases to another State Attorney.

Aramis Ayala has filed lawsuits disputing this action in the Supreme Court of Florida, and in federal court.

The Supreme Court of Florida ruled against Aramis Ayala, saying that the governor was within his power to take cases away from Aramis Ayala because of her position to abandon the death penalty in all cases before her and not to exercise her discretion in each individual case.

In July 2017, a video of two police officers pulling over Aramis Ayala went viral, due to allegations of racial profiling.

In May 2021, Aramis Ayala announced that she was running for Florida's 10th congressional district in 2022.

Aramis Ayala lost the general election to incumbent Ashley Moody by a landslide.