Pamela Thomas-Fields Archives

Small defeats Foley for Democratic mayoral nod in Atlantic City

June 8, 2021 9:48 pmJune 8, 2025 12:36 am

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr. overcame a challenge from former Assemblyman Tom Foley to win the Democratic nod to run for re-election in a place where Democrats regularly dominate general elections. The mayor’s slate of council candidates — Councilman...

Seven mayoral primaries to watch on June 8

June 1, 2021 5:10 pmJune 2, 2021 6:03 pm

Voters in at least six New jersey municipalities are hosting closely watched races to pick their party’s candidates for local office next Tuesday. In Atlantic City, Mayor Marty Small has the line against challenger Tom Foley. Foley, a former Democratic...

Small will be Atlantic City mayor for another year

November 3, 2020 8:50 pmNovember 4, 2020 4:47 am

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small will defeat Republican challenger Tom Forkin to win the remaining year of former Mayor Frank Gilliam, the New Jersey Globe projects. The city’s council last year appointed Small, then a councilman, to fill the seat...

Attorney claims Callaway was assisting voters at polls

July 9, 2020 6:02 pmJuly 9, 2020 9:54 pm

A campaign lawyer for Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small has accused Democratic leader Craig Callaway of illegally assisting voters at a polling location on Tuesday, but Callaway says that he’s allowed to provide help and did so with state and...

Small wins in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 4:23 pm

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small defeated Panela Thomas-Fields to win the chance to run for a (full) term as Atlantic City mayor. With many votes uncounted, Small led his challenger with more than 60% of the vote. Despite his troubled...

With few ballots counted, Small leads in Atlantic City

July 8, 2020 1:03 amJuly 8, 2020 5:58 am

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small leads with roughly 60% of the vote with one of the city’s six wards in his bid for a full term against longtime community activist Pamela Thomas-Fields, but the rest of the ballots cast in...

Atlantic City mayor uses opponent’s past praise in new TV ad

July 2, 2020 3:49 pmJuly 2, 2020 5:29 pm

Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small, Sr., has a new TV commercial featuring the endorsement of his opponent — sort of. Small used a video of rival Pamela Thomas-Fields taken at a Democratic county committee meeting last fall when the local...