Bio provided by candidate:
As state attorney, Monique Worrell’s tenure has been marked by bold initiatives, visionary leadership and an unwavering commitment to equity.
Worrell is a former public defender and Democrat who was elected state attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, serving from 2021 to August 2023. She is running again in 2024 to regain her position.
Worrell earned her law degree from the University of Florida. She worked as assistant public defender and private criminal defense lawyer. She also taught at the University of Florida law
school for 16 years and served as the founding director of its criminal justice center.
She was hired in 2018 by state attorney Aramis Ayala as the director of the conviction integrity unit. In 2019, she became the chief legal officer of Reform Alliance, and she returned to the conviction integrity unit in 2020. When she was ran for state attorney and was elected, Worrell became the second African-American elected as state attorney in Florida and the first of Caribbean descent.
In August 2023, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended her from office and appointed Orange County Judge Andrew Bain to replace her. DeSantis accused Worrell of "neglect of duty and incompetence,” which Worrell denied and called it a “political hit job” to benefit DeSantis’ presidential campaign.