Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey

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| post = Mayor

| body = Atlantic City

| incumbentsince = {{Start date|2019|10|04}}

| termlength = Four years

| first = Chalkley Steelman Leeds

| formation = {{Start date|1854|05|01}}

| salary = $103,000{{Cite news|url=http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/mc-atlantic-city-pay-cuts-20160426-story.html|title=Atlantic City council says no to 20 percent pay cut of own salaries|last=Perry|first=Wayne|date=2016-04-26|work=themorningcall.com|access-date=2018-05-08|agency=Associated Press|language=en-US}}

| image = Marty Small Sr.jpg

| flag = Flag of Atlantic City, New Jersey.gif

| flagcaption = Flag of the City of Atlantic City

| insignia = Seal of Atlantic City, New Jersey.svg

| insigniacaption = Seal of the City of Atlantic City

}}

Atlantic City, New Jersey, was incorporated on May 1, 1854. It is governed within the Faulkner Act (formally known as the Optional Municipal Charter Law) under the mayor–council system of municipal government (Plan D), implemented by direct petition effective as of July 1, 1982.2012 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, March 2013, p. 12.[http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf "The Faulkner Act: New Jersey's Optional Municipal Charter Law"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012040522/http://www.dudley-2010.com/Faulkner%20Act%2046pages.pdf |date=October 12, 2013 }}, New Jersey State League of Municipalities, July 2007. Accessed October 22, 2013. The Atlantic City City Council is the governing body of Atlantic City. There are nine Council members, who are elected to serve for a term of four years, one from each of six wards and three serving at-large. The City Council exercises the legislative power of the municipality for the purpose of holding Council meetings to introduce ordinances and resolutions to regulate City government. In addition, Council members review budgets submitted by the Mayor; provide for an annual audit of the city's accounts and financial transactions; organize standing committees and hold public hearings to address important issues which impact Atlantic City.[http://www.cityofatlanticcity.org/officials.aspx Elected Officials] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117235035/http://cityofatlanticcity.org/officials.aspx |date=2016-11-17 }}, Atlantic City. Accessed November 19, 2016. Former Mayor Bob Levy created the Atlantic City Ethics Board in 2007, but the Board was dissolved two years later by vote of the Atlantic City Council. Since its incorporation in 1854, the town has had 41 mayors.{{cite web |url=http://www.acfpl.org/ac-history-menu/atlantic-city-faq-s.html |title=Mayors of Atlantic City, New Jersey |access-date=2016-03-20 |publisher=Atlantic City, New Jersey }}{{cite book |author=John F. Hall |title=The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey |page=159 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA159 }}

Mayors

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| Chalkley Steelman Leeds

| {{dts|May 1, 1854}}

| 1856

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This was his first term.{{cite news |title=Atlantic City Jubilee Ends. First Mayor Marches in a Procession with Present Executive. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/06/19/archives/atlantic-city-jubilee-ends-first-mayor-marches-in-a-procession-with.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=June 19, 1904 }}

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| Richard Hackett

| 1856

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| None

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| John George Washington Avery

| 1856

| 1857

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| None

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| Lewis Reed

| 1857

| 1861

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| None

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| James Harper

| 1861

| 1862

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| None

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| Chalkley Steelman Leeds

| 1862

| 1863

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| None

|This was his second term.

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| Jacob Middleton

| 1863

| 1865

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| None

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| Robert T. Evard

| 1865

| 1866

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| Republican

|{{cite news |title=In All Parts of Jersey |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y8tVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=okANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5386,6726777&dq=robert+evard+died+atlantic-city&hl=en |quote=Robert T. Evard, one of Atlantic City's first Mayors, died on Sunday after short illness. He was 70 years of age. |newspaper=Philadelphia Record |date=February 25, 1890 |access-date=2012-09-14 }}

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| David W. Belisle

| 1866

| 1868

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| Republican

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| Lemuel G. Eldridge

| 1868

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| Republican

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| John James Gardner

| 1868

| 1872

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| Republican

|Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-GtKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA95&lpg=PA95&dq=%22John+J.+Gardner%22+%22indian+mills%22 "Ex-Congressman John J. Gardner"], The New Jersey Law Journal, Volume 44, p. 95. Accessed February 4, 2013. "While not a lawyer it was not his fault that he was not a member of the New Jersey Bar. This is to be said of Ex-Congressman John J. Gardner of, formerly, Atlantic City, who died on his farm at Indian Mills, Burlington county on Feb. 7th last, of heart disease."

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| Charles Souder

| 1872

| 1874

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| Republican

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| John James Gardner

| 1874

| 1876

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| Republican

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| Willard Wright

| 1876

| 1878

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

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| John L. Bryant

| 1878

| 1879

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| Republican

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| Willard Wright

| 1879

| 1880

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| Democratic

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| Harry L. Slape

| 1880

| 1881

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| Republican

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| Willard Wright

| 1881

| 1882

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

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| Charles Maxwell

| 1882

| 1885

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| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

| Republican

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| Thomas C. Garrett

| 1885

| 1887

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| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

| Republican

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| Samuel D. Hoffman

| 1887

| 1891

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| Republican

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| Willard Wright

| 1891

| 1894

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

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| Franklin Pierce Stoy

| 1894

| 1897

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| Republican

| (January 23, 1853 – July 22, 1911). He became a Councilman at Large of the local government in 1891 and, three years later, was elected chief executive. Known as the "Dandy Mayor,". He died in office in his second term of neuritis on July 22, 1911.{{cite news |title=Atlantic City Mayor Dies In Sanitarium. His Political Followers, Now Being Investigated, Stunned at the Unexpected News |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60811FF3A5517738DDDAA0A94DF405B818DF1D3 |quote=Franklin Pierce Stoy Had Ruled His City for 20 Years. Welcomed Many National Gatherings ...|newspaper=New York Times |date=July 23, 1911 |access-date=2011-10-04 }}{{cite news |author=David G. Schwartz |title=The Dandy Mayor |url=http://www.casinoconnectionac.com/articles/The_Dandy_Mayor?PHPSESSID=8031b88cee693cd12422cad3958f0082 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721235502/http://www.casinoconnectionac.com/articles/The_Dandy_Mayor?PHPSESSID=8031b88cee693cd12422cad3958f0082 |archive-date=2012-07-21 |url-status=dead }}

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| Joseph Thompson

| 1897

| 1900

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

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| Franklin Pierce Stoy †

| 1900

| 1911

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| Republican

|He became a Councilman at Large of the local government in 1891 and, three years later, was elected chief executive. Known as the "Dandy Mayor,". He died in office in his second term of neuritis on July 22, 1911.

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| George Carmany

| 1911

| 1912

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| Republican

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| Harry Bacharach{{cite news |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793765,00.html#ixzz1ZeVkQAre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828013822/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,793765,00.html#ixzz1ZeVkQAre |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 28, 2009|work=Time magazine |date=May 26, 1947 |access-date=2011-09-30 }}

| 1912

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| Republican

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| William Riddle

| 1912

| 1916

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| Democratic

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| Harry Bacharach

| 1916

| 1920

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| Republican

|{{cite news |title=Bacharach Slated To Succeed Ruffu. Jersey Utility Commissioner to Fill Unexpired Term of Late Atlantic City Mayor. Long Deadlock Is Broken. New Executive Is Expected to Reorganize the Government of Shore Resort |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/07/07/archives/bacharach-slated-to-succeed-ruffu-jersey-utility-commissioner-to.html |quote=Harry Bacharach, State Public Utility Commissioner and Mayor of Atlantic City from 1916 to 1920, will again act as the city's chief executive beginning Thursday. He will fill the unexpired term of the late Anthony M. Ruffu Jr., which ends in May, 1932. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 7, 1930 |access-date=2012-09-14 }}

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| Edward Lawrence Bader †

| 1920

| 1927

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| Republican

|He died in office.{{cite news |title=Mayor Bader Dies. Atlantic City Head. Succumbs to Appendicitis Early This Morning. Under Knife on Thursday. Elected For Eight Years. Former Member of University of Pennsylvania's Football Team. A Contractor for Many Years |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/01/29/archives/mayor-bader-dies-atlantic-city-head-succumbs-to-appendicitis-early.html |quote=... He became Mayor of Atlantic City for the first time in 1920, after his election to the City Commission. His four colleagues chose him as their executive. ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 29, 1927 |access-date=2012-08-08 }}

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| Anthony Ruffu, Jr.

| 1927

| 1930

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| Republican

|{{cite news |title=Mayor Ruffu Killed With Three Others As Train Hits Auto |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B1FF7385C157A93C1AB178DD85F448385F9 |quote=Mayor Anthony M. Ruffu Jr., Mayor of Atlantic City, two unidentified women, and a man believed to have been Assemblyman Anthony J. Siracusa, were killed when a train struck an automobile here early today. ... |newspaper=Associated Press in the New York Times |date=June 23, 1930 |access-date=2012-09-14 }}

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| Joseph A. Paxson

| 1930

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| Republican

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| Harry Bacharach

| 1930

| 1935

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| Republican

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| Charles D. White

| 1935

| 1940

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| bgcolor={{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|

| Republican

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| Thomas D. Taggart, Jr.

| 1940

| 1944

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

|{{cite news |title=New Board Pledges Montclair Economy. Commissioners Installed There and in Atlantic City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/22/archives/new-board-pledges-montclair-economy-commissioners-installed-there.html |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 22, 1940 |access-date=2012-09-14 }}

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| Joseph Altman †

| 1944

| 1967

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| Republican

|He died in office. He served for {{Age|1944|1|1|1967|1|1}} years. Joseph Altman is the longest-serving mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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| Richard S. Jackson

| 1967

| 1969

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| Republican

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| William Thomas Somers

| 1969

| 1972

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| Democratic

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| Joseph Bradway, Jr.

| 1972

| 1976

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| Republican

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| Joseph Lazarow

| 1976

| 1982

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| Republican

|[http://www.acfpl.org/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&task=display&Itemid=183&catid=144&page=1#FAQ13 Atlantic City Free Public Library FAQ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928111937/http://www.acfpl.org/index.php?option=com_simplefaq&task=display&Itemid=183&catid=144&page=1 |date=2007-09-28 }}

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| Michael J. Matthews

| 1982

| 1984

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| Democratic

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| James Leroy Usry

| 1984

| 1990

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| Republican

| First African-American Mayor [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_101/ai_83667412 "James L. Usry, the first Black mayor of Atlantic City, Succumbs At 79"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617041729/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_10_101/ai_83667412 |date=2006-06-17 }}

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| Jim Whelan

| 1990

| 2002

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| Democratic

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| Lorenzo Langford

| 2002

| 2005

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

|[http://www.casinoconnectionac.com/articles/Mayoral_Showdown__Interview_with_Lorenzo_Langford "Mayoral Showdown: Interview with Lorenzo Langford"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107091612/http://www.casinoconnectionac.com/articles/Mayoral_Showdown__Interview_with_Lorenzo_Langford|date=2007-01-07}}, Gros, Roger, Casino Connection, May 2005

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| Robert Levy

| 2006

| 2007

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| Democratic

|[http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_three/story/7508246p-7406191c.html "And the newly sworn-in Atlantic City mayor is ... William 'Speedy' Marsh"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110185000/http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/top_three/story/7508246p-7406191c.html |date=2008-01-10 }}, The Press of Atlantic City, October 10, 2007

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| Scott Evans

| 2007

| 2008

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| Democratic

|[http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/new_jersey/20071121_ap_newacmayorpromisesstability.html "New AC mayor promises stability"], The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 21, 2007

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| Lorenzo Langford[http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/306498.html "Langford back as Atlantic City mayor"]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, The Press of Atlantic City, November 5, 2008

| 2008

| 2013

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| bgcolor={{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|

| Democratic

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| Don Guardian

| 2014

| 2017

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| Republican

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20131209084207/http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-14/news/44033666_1_provisional-ballots-mail-ballots-election-night "Vote count appears to seal win for AC mayoral challenger Guardian"], "Philadelphia Inquirer", December 1, 2014.

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| Frank Gilliam

| 2018

| 2019

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| Democratic

| Gilliam resigned as mayor on October 3, 2019, following pleading guilty to wire fraud earlier that day in Federal Court [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/crime/atlantic-city-mayor-gilliam-resigns-after-guilty-plea-in-federal/article_b9bbf8ec-d1ac-5544-a1ea-8a5d4db0c3b0.html "Atlantic City Mayor Gilliam resigns after guilty plea in federal court, Small to take over "] The Press of Atlantic City, October 03, 2019.

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|Marty Small Sr.

|2019

| Present

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| Democratic

|Served as Acting Mayor for an unexpired term ending on December 31, 2020. Reelected.[https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/atlantic-city-council-votes-small-state-won-t-miss-a/article_4534b4f0-775a-5400-a41b-b705999f3ea3.html " Atlantic City Council votes Small, state 'won't miss a beat' with new mayor"] The Press of Atlantic City, October 15, 2019.

References

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