Joey Mendoza Atkins
What this job does: Runs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: food safety inspections, farm and forest programs, checks on gas pumps and scales, consumer complaints, and Florida's concealed weapon licenses. A Cabinet member. A term is four years, two in a row at most.
- Occupation
- Trial attorney and sports agent
Background
- Earned a B.A. from Florida Atlantic University, a J.D. from the University of Toledo College of Law (2013), and an M.A. from the New School's Milano School. source: news4jax.com
- Practices as a trial attorney in Miami and Tampa; has worked in legal aid for farmworkers and DACA recipients, family law and business litigation. source: news4jax.com
- Grew up near Loxahatchee in Palm Beach County. source: news4jax.com
- Ran for U.S. House in Florida's 26th District in 2024; briefly entered the 2026 U.S. Senate primary before switching to this race. source: sparkers-soapbox.com
- Won the Democratic nomination on August 18, 2026. source: floridatrib.org
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- Protect and preserve water and farmland from data centers and overdevelopment source: news4jax.com
- Make Florida more affordable for farmers, families and small businesses source: news4jax.com
- Modernize guest worker programs to ease farm labor shortages source: news4jax.com
- Moratorium on data centers source: floridatrib.org
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