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City of Cocoa, Florida
Alex Goins
City Council, District 1 (Deputy Mayor), City of Cocoa
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
100
/ 100
A
Raw: 2 of 2 dynamic max
· 1 of 30 answered
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✝ God First
2/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#5,075 of 8,966 · bottom 43.4% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Background: James 'Alex' Goins — City Council District 1, City of Cocoa, Florida; Deputy Mayor (originally named Deputy Mayor by colleagues Nov 2019; still designated Deputy Mayor on city website and in Jan 2026 Space Coast Daily coverage of the Michael C. Blake Subdivision groundbreaking). First elected Nov 2018; re-elected Nov 2022 with 51.06% over Ed Green (38.44%) and Demetrius Thomas (10.50%); 4-year term ending Nov 2026. Prior 2 years on City of Cocoa Board of Adjustment. Rockledge HS graduate; attended Bethune-Cookman University (HBCU, Daytona Beach) for Business Education (football). Professional: 14+ years at ABC Land Clearing and Development; Business Manager for Mid Florida Football and Cheer Corporation. Civic memberships include Tourism Development Council of Brevard, Brevard County Youth Football and Cheerleading, NAACP. Listed on Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee Elected Officials roster.
[2026-06 RESOLUTE LOCAL refinement] Roster verified — choosecocoa.org Councilmember–District 1 page shows him as Deputy Mayor; Jan 2026 Space Coast Daily article on the Michael C. Blake Subdivision workforce-housing groundbreaking quotes him as 'Deputy Mayor Goins.' HARD evidence — public_justice q0 TRUE: Sep 2025 Cocoa CRA debated a six-figure annual private-security contract for Cocoa Village (in response to business-district safety concerns); Goins on record OPPOSING the private-security contract and arguing the budget should instead fund RAISES for current Cocoa PD officers. Direct quote (ClickOrlando, 2025-09-11): 'I trust our officers better than I trust any security guard. I wanna pay our guys.' Affirmative pro-CPD advocacy at a contested decision point — meets HIGH-BAR rubric (deviation flag: D councilmember actively preferring sworn CPD over private security and pushing for police pay raises). SPARSE-DATA TRAP FLAG: with 1 TRUE / 0 FALSE, the dynamic-max denominator produces a 100/100 headline — this is the documented rubric working as designed (he genuinely earned the credit on the one cited cell), but readers may want to weigh his score in light of the thin denominator until more cells fill in. All 29 other applicable cells remain honest NULL: no on-record statement located on sanctity/marriage/family/Christian liberty/economic stewardship/election integrity/state overreach/border/self-defense. No record of Cocoa issuing a Pride proclamation under his tenure or of a 2A sanctuary resolution. Construction-industry employment + youth-football work is biographical, not rubric advocacy. Religion / church affiliation NOT FOUND.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
Not yet verified
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
Not yet verified
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
Not yet verified
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
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Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
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Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
Not yet verified
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
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Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
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Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
Not yet verified
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
TRUE (+2)[1]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
Not yet verified
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
Not yet verified
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
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Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
Not yet verified
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
Not yet verified
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
Not yet verified
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
Not yet verified
Sources & Evidence
2 Official13 Other
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa,_FloridaEncyclopedia
www.cocoafl.orgUnclassified
www.cocoafl.gov/85/City-CouncilOfficial
brevarddems.org/elected-officials/Unclassified
www.mobilize.us/floridadems/event/3449/Unclassified
www.mobilize.us/brevarddems/event/2964/Unclassified
cocoa.legistar.com/MainBody.aspxUnclassified
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Cocoa has not issued a Pride proclamation in any reviewed source; Goins has no individual statement either direction. Honest null. Official
Cocoa has not issued a Pride proclamation in any reviewed source; Goins has no individual statement either direction. Honest null.
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