Deborah Gibson, one of the women who said failed Senate candidate Roy Moore pursued her romantically as a teenager, has signaled her intention to run for the Florida Legislature.

Gibson said she will seek the 89th District Seat in the Florida House as a Democrat. The seat is currently held by Republican Bill Hager.

"Coming off the sidelines for the first time politically seems a natural response to realizing that too many of us, particularly women, have felt that some special mysterious qualification was needed to participate in our democratic process as a candidate," Gibson said in a statement posted to fundraising site CrowdPac.

"The past 5 months have crystallized what's been coming to me for a decade more gradually-- the Republican Party is no longer the right fit for me; I am proudly running as a Democrat."

Gibson was one of women who said she was pursued romantically by the former Alabama chief justice when he was in his 30s and she was a teenager in Alabama. The dating relationship between the two reportedly began when Moore, then with the Etowah County District Attorney's Office, spoke at Wesson's high school. Wesson did not accuse Moore of molesting her, saying their relationship consisted only of consensual kissing.

Other women, however, said Moore sexually abused them as young women. One of the women, Leigh Corfman, has filed a defamation suit against Moore, claiming he and his campaign defamed her by calling her a liar and immoral.

Moore, who lost to Democrat Doug Jones in the December 2017 Senate election, denies the allegations.

Gibson, who lives in Delray Beach, Florida, was formerly a registered Republican. An Auburn University graduate, she is the founder of a company that provides sign language interpretation services.

Candidate qualifying in Florida opens June 18 with the primary on Aug. 28 and general election Nov. 6.