Mdj Voter Guide: Marietta Mayor

Upstart mayoral challenger tests Marietta’s old guard

24-year-old IT systems engineer Sam Foster’s challenge to four-term Marietta Mayor Steve “Thunder” Tumlin, 78, is a contest over how the city should grow — and whom it should serve. If elected, Foster would be Marietta’s first Black mayor and its youngest.  The recent Kennesaw State University graduate is pitching a different approach to Marietta’s challenges, familiar across the metro region: traffic congestion, housing affordability, homelessn…

Podcast: Candidate Profile - Sam Foster, Marietta Mayor

The Georgia Politics Podcast continues its candidate profile series with Sam Foster, candidate for mayor of Marietta.