# Fredd Atkins

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{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Fredd Atkins
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1952|6|19}}
|birth_place = [Sarasota, Florida](/source/Sarasota%2C_Florida), U.S.
|death_date  = 
|death_place = 
|party       = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
}}
'''Fredd Atkins''', born June 19, 1952,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Elder |first1=Amy A |title=Sarasota: 1940-2005}}</ref> is a former mayor and the first African American mayor of [Sarasota, Florida](/source/Sarasota%2C_Florida). He served as a city commissioner of Sarasota for 18 years and also ran for Sarasota County Commissioner.<ref name="newtown">{{cite web |access-date=December 8, 2021 |title=Fredd Atkins |url=http://www.newtownalive.org/fredd-atkins/ |website=New Town Alive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |access-date=2021-12-08 |title=Fredd "Glossie" Atkins |url=https://sarasotaunderground.com/partner/fredd-glossie-atkins/ |website=Sarasota Underground}}</ref> Atkins ran for the Sarasota County Commission in 2022 and lost with 49.5% of the vote to Mark Smith, who won with 50.5%.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Snabes |first=Anne |title=Mark Smith wins Sarasota County Commission District 2 race; Joe Neunder takes District 4 seat |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/11/08/election-2022-results-sarasota-county-commission-district-2-4-voting/10612347002/ |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>

==History==
Atkins grew up in the community of Newtown in [Sarasota, Florida](/source/Sarasota%2C_Florida).<ref name="newtown"/>

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Category:1952 births
Category:20th-century African-American politicians
Category:21st-century African-American politicians
Category:21st-century Florida politicians
Category:African-American mayors in Florida
Category:Florida Democrats
Category:Living people
Category:People from Sarasota, Florida
Category:Mayors of places in Florida

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