2025 Marietta mayoral election

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2025 Marietta mayoral election
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  Marietta Mayor R. Steve Tumlin, Jr (cropped).jpg
Candidate Steve Tumlin Sam Foster
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote6,7626,675
Percentage50.3%49.7%
Mayor before election

Steve Tumlin
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Steve Tumlin
Nonpartisan

The 2025 Marietta mayoral election was held on November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Marietta, Georgia. Incumbent mayor Steve Tumlin was re-elected to a fifth term. [1]

Contents

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Campaign

Tumlin launched his re-election campaign in early August 2025, focusing on affordable housing as a campaign issue. [1] Foster entered the race as one of the youngest mayoral candidates in Marietta's history, at 24 years old. [5] As Tumlin is 78, Foster focused his campaign on the generational differences between the two, promising to bring "new and different leadership." [6] Foster has used platforms such as TikTok and Instagram to promote his campaign. [7]

Endorsements

Sam Foster
State legislators
Party chapters
Organizations
Political parties

Results

2025 Marietta mayoral election
CandidateVotes%
Steve Tumlin (incumbent)
Sam Foster
Total votes100.00

References

  1. 1 2 Manders, Isabelle (August 4, 2025). "Mayor Tumlin to run again, serve through grandchildren's eyes". Marietta Daily Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ Abdur-Rahman, Nahlah (August 6, 2025). "Black College Grad Announces Run For Mayor Of Metro Atlanta City". Black Enterprise . Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Mayor Steve "Thunder" Tumlin Announces Re-election Bid for Marietta's Top Job". Spotlight South Cobb News. August 9, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "AROUND TOWN: Candidate withdraws from mayor's race, targets council seat instead". Marietta Daily Journal. August 8, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Woolsey, Mark (August 23, 2025). "Rundown of Cobb municipal election candidates". Cobb Courier. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ Nottingham, Danielle (August 21, 2025). "Young candidate challenges longtime Marietta mayor in generational showdown". 11Alive . Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  7. ↑ "AROUND TOWN: Youth vs. experience: Foster challenges Mayor Tumlin in heated Marietta race". Marietta Daily Journal. October 3, 2025. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "AROUND TOWN: Marietta mayoral candidate gains support from the left". Marietta Daily Journal. October 7, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  9. ↑ Manders, Isabelle (October 22, 2025). "Q&A with mayoral candidate Sam Foster on his vision for Marietta". Marietta Daily Journal. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ "City of Marietta 2025 Municipal Election". Cobb Democrats. Retrieved October 13, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Candidates". The Collective. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  12. ↑ "A new endorsement in the Peach State: JanePAC is supporting @samformarietta for Mayor of Marietta!". Instagram. Jane Fonda Climate PAC. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Endorsements". Georgia Conservation Voters. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Sam Foster". Run for Something . Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  15. ↑ "SPLC Action Fund Endorses Sam Foster for Mayor of Marietta". SPLC Action Fund. October 10, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  16. ↑ "2025 Candidates for Common Good". Vote Common Good.
  17. ↑ Manders, Isabelle (October 8, 2025). "Fundraising reports filed in race for Marietta mayor". Marietta Daily Journal. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  18. ↑ "🎉🎉 ENDORSEMENT ALERT: FALL 2025 Endorsement Class #1". Facebook. Young Democrats of Georgia. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  19. ↑ @GeorgiaDemocrats (November 1, 2025). "Marietta — Tuesday's election is a big one 🗳️" (Tweet). Retrieved November 2, 2025– via Twitter.
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