Don Guardian Republican Frank Gilliam Democratic The 2017 Atlantic City mayoral election was held on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Incumbent Republican Don Guardian lost re-election to a second term to Democratic city councilman Frank Gilliam.

[1] Subsequently, Polillo dropped out of the primary and decided to continue running for Mayor as an independent.

[7] Despite narrowly losing the primary day voting to Small by a count of 1,529–1,429, Gilliam was in the lead overall thanks to a substantial advantage on absentee ballots (694–209).

[12] Small sought a recount, which was granted by a state Superior Court judge.