2021 Atlantic City mayoral election

The 2021 Atlantic City mayoral election was held on November 2, 2021, to elect the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Primary elections were held on June 7. Incumbent Democrat Marty Small Sr., who was running for a full term after being elected to the mayor position by City Council following Frank Gilliam's resignation, won re-election to his first full term against Republican opponent Tom Forkin and several other opponents running third-party.[1]

2021 Atlantic City mayoral election

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Nominee Marty Small Sr. Tom Forkin Daud Panah
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 3,390 1,305 380
Percentage 54.2% 20.8 6.08%
Nominee Steven Layman Moisse Delgado Jimmy Whitehead
Popular vote 578 393 202
Percentage 9.25% 6.29% 3.23%

Mayor before election

Marty Small Sr.
Democratic

Elected mayor

Marty Small Sr.
Democratic

Background

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Following the arrest of mayor Frank Gilliam in 2019, then-Councilman Marty Small became the acting mayor of Atlantic City in a 8–0 vote by the City Council.[2]

The 2021 election was held to determine the next mayor of Atlantic City. Small ran against a largely divided opposition and won a majority of the 6,248 ballots cast in the election. Tom Forkin won the 6th Ward, which includes the Lower Chelsea and Chelsea Heights neighborhoods.

References

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  1. ^ "2021 General Election - Results: Atlantic County Clerk's Office" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Council President Marty Small Officially Becomes Atlantic City's New Mayor - CBS Philadelphia". www.cbsnews.com. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2024-04-10.