Marty Small Sr. (born March 25, 1974) is an American politician who is the current
mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He was elected 8-0 by a vote of the Atlantic City city council after the previous mayor
Frank Gilliam resigned upon pleading guilty to
wire fraud
Mail fraud and wire fraud are terms used in the United States to describe the use of a physical or electronic mail system to defraud another, and are federal crimes there. Jurisdiction is claimed by the federal government if the illegal activit ...
.
Career
Small was first elected to the Atlantic City city council as 2nd Ward councilman in 2003.
In 2006 he was charged and acquitted of election fraud, and in 2011 he was again charged and acquitted of election fraud concerning the 2009 Atlantic City mayoral election along with five other Democrats.
In
2017
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, Small narrowly lost to Frank Gilliam in the Democratic primary for Atlantic City mayor.
Following the resignation of previous Atlantic City mayor Frank Gilliam, the city council voted to appoint Small as mayor.
He served for an unexpired term through December 31, 2020 pending a special election in November 2020.
In November 2020, he was re-elected for an additional one-year term and in November 2021, he won his first four-year term as mayor.
Personal life
Small attended
Atlantic City High School
Atlantic City High School (ACHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. It is the lone secondary school of the Atlantic City School District.
The current school building opened in ...
, where he played basketball.
Small graduated from
Stockton University
Stockton University is a public university in Galloway Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. It is named for Richard Stockton, one of the New Jersey signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ...
in New Jersey, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.
He is married to La’Quetta Small, who is the principal of Atlantic City High School, and together they have two children.
References
External links
Atlantic City mayor's website
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1974 births
Living people
Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey
New Jersey Democrats
African-American mayors in New Jersey
Atlantic City High School alumni
Stockton University alumni
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people