Background
Marty Small Sr. was appointed mayor in 2019 after the resignation of Frank Gilliam. He later won a special election in 2020 for the remainder of the term. [2] He won re-election in 2021, and announced he would seek a second full term as early as October 2023, more two years before the election.
Small will head to trial on November 10, 2025, just six days after the election, on charges that claim he and his wife — who is also the city's school district superintendent — emotionally and physically abused their teenage daughter. [3]
According to prosecutors, the state has offered Small a plea deal on third-degree aggravated assault charges and, though it was not a condition of the offer, by law, Small would have to forfeit his office, as a person convicted of a third-degree or higher crime in New Jersey cannot hold public office. [3] In early 2025, Small pleaded not guilty to a witness tampering charge that claimed he had asked his daughter to lie about the abuse she allegedly suffered at the hands of her parents. [4]
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