{{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, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic }} '''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. 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.<ref name="newtown"/>
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