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Wiki----Marty Small Sr. (born March 25, 1974) is an American politician who has served as Democrat mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, since 2019. He was elected 8–0 by a vote of the Atlantic City City council after previous mayor Frank Gilliam.

Small was first elected to the Atlantic City City Council as the 2nd Ward councilman in 2003.
<>In 2006 Small was charged with election fraud regarding an alleged absentee ballot scheme.
<>Again, in 2011, he was charged with election fraud concerning the 2009 Atlantic City mayoral election along with five other Democrats.
<>He was acquitted on both charges.
<>Small claims that the election-related arrests were politically motivated.

Small's tenure in the City Council ran from January 1, 2004, to October 3, 2019, when the acting mayor Frank Gilliam resigned, making Small the mayor of the city. In 2017, 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.