Sam Foster
@samformarietta.bsky.social
Founder: A Better Cobb & Marietta Bike Social. Fighting for a lower cost of living, safe streets, better transit & a Marietta for everyone! 🚍🚦🏘️
Let’s build a city that works for everyone!
https://linktr.ee/samformarietta
Let’s build a city that works for everyone!
https://linktr.ee/samformarietta
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We may not have won this election, but we’re not done fighting for progress. Thank you to everyone who put their heart into this movement. 💙
If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
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If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
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We knocked on 20,000 doors. We saw every ward. We talked with families on almost every street about rent, traffic, safety, & how to stay in this city.
If you are looking for affordable places to live in Marietta, you are not alone. Fill out the form and stay connected:
samformarietta.com/next
If you are looking for affordable places to live in Marietta, you are not alone. Fill out the form and stay connected:
samformarietta.com/next
What’s Next for Marietta
Sam Foster’s campaign inspired so many people — now we’re keeping that energy alive for what comes next.
samformarietta.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We knocked on 20,000 doors. We saw every ward. We talked with families on almost every street about rent, traffic, safety, & how to stay in this city.
If you are looking for affordable places to live in Marietta, you are not alone. Fill out the form and stay connected:
samformarietta.com/next
If you are looking for affordable places to live in Marietta, you are not alone. Fill out the form and stay connected:
samformarietta.com/next
Come meet the dedicated individuals from A Better Cobb making Cobb County better! This is your chance to have meaningful conversations about our community.
Kennesaw: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Smyrna: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Marietta: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Kennesaw: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Smyrna: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Marietta: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Come meet the dedicated individuals from A Better Cobb making Cobb County better! This is your chance to have meaningful conversations about our community.
Kennesaw: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Smyrna: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Marietta: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Kennesaw: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Smyrna: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Marietta: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Warm hearts, warm coats. 💜
Join the Cobb Community Care Coalition this Thursday at 6PM to donate new or gently used coats for MUST Ministries.
📍514 Glover St, Marietta — before the Cobb School Board meeting.
Join the Cobb Community Care Coalition this Thursday at 6PM to donate new or gently used coats for MUST Ministries.
📍514 Glover St, Marietta — before the Cobb School Board meeting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Warm hearts, warm coats. 💜
Join the Cobb Community Care Coalition this Thursday at 6PM to donate new or gently used coats for MUST Ministries.
📍514 Glover St, Marietta — before the Cobb School Board meeting.
Join the Cobb Community Care Coalition this Thursday at 6PM to donate new or gently used coats for MUST Ministries.
📍514 Glover St, Marietta — before the Cobb School Board meeting.
Help support local families this holiday season! 🥫💙 The Be Kind Food Drive for MUST Ministries runs through Nov 19. Drop off non-perishable food at Marietta Station — The Denmead Building, 123 Church St, Marietta. Use the trailside entrance and place items in the bin to the left of the door.
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Help support local families this holiday season! 🥫💙 The Be Kind Food Drive for MUST Ministries runs through Nov 19. Drop off non-perishable food at Marietta Station — The Denmead Building, 123 Church St, Marietta. Use the trailside entrance and place items in the bin to the left of the door.
We ran a people-powered campaign to build a Marietta for Everyone. Now it’s time to close the books and pay the last invoices with the same integrity we ran on.
⭐️Chip in to help us finish strong: samformarietta.com/donate
⭐️Chip in to help us finish strong: samformarietta.com/donate
Chip in to Support Sam Foster!
Help us build a Marietta for Everyone
samformarietta.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We ran a people-powered campaign to build a Marietta for Everyone. Now it’s time to close the books and pay the last invoices with the same integrity we ran on.
⭐️Chip in to help us finish strong: samformarietta.com/donate
⭐️Chip in to help us finish strong: samformarietta.com/donate
City Council night
We’re meeting at 6:30PM at Switzer Library and walking over together to City Hall for the 7PM meeting
(📍 250 Lawrence St NE).
These meetings matter — they’re where real decisions about Marietta’s future get made. Come see it for yourself.
We’re meeting at 6:30PM at Switzer Library and walking over together to City Hall for the 7PM meeting
(📍 250 Lawrence St NE).
These meetings matter — they’re where real decisions about Marietta’s future get made. Come see it for yourself.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
City Council night
We’re meeting at 6:30PM at Switzer Library and walking over together to City Hall for the 7PM meeting
(📍 250 Lawrence St NE).
These meetings matter — they’re where real decisions about Marietta’s future get made. Come see it for yourself.
We’re meeting at 6:30PM at Switzer Library and walking over together to City Hall for the 7PM meeting
(📍 250 Lawrence St NE).
These meetings matter — they’re where real decisions about Marietta’s future get made. Come see it for yourself.
I just wanted folks to go out and vote — but if this helped one kid feel proud to wear their bonnet, that’s even better 💙
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I just wanted folks to go out and vote — but if this helped one kid feel proud to wear their bonnet, that’s even better 💙
It’s snowing in Marietta ❄️
Stay safe and warm tonight, friends — and thank you to everyone working to keep our unhoused neighbors cared for through the cold.
Stay safe and warm tonight, friends — and thank you to everyone working to keep our unhoused neighbors cared for through the cold.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
It’s snowing in Marietta ❄️
Stay safe and warm tonight, friends — and thank you to everyone working to keep our unhoused neighbors cared for through the cold.
Stay safe and warm tonight, friends — and thank you to everyone working to keep our unhoused neighbors cared for through the cold.
This Saturday in Marietta — Mobile Food Bank at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 15
🕙 10AM
📍566 Whitlock Ave
If you or someone you know could use a hand, come by. Let’s take care of each other.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 15
🕙 10AM
📍566 Whitlock Ave
If you or someone you know could use a hand, come by. Let’s take care of each other.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This Saturday in Marietta — Mobile Food Bank at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 15
🕙 10AM
📍566 Whitlock Ave
If you or someone you know could use a hand, come by. Let’s take care of each other.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 15
🕙 10AM
📍566 Whitlock Ave
If you or someone you know could use a hand, come by. Let’s take care of each other.
Know about community events that could use a boost? Tag me — I’m happy to help get the word out. This is how we build a Marietta that works for everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Know about community events that could use a boost? Tag me — I’m happy to help get the word out. This is how we build a Marietta that works for everyone.
Reposted by Sam Foster
Reflections on the OTHER big mayor's race last week . . . this one in Marietta, Georgia between 24-year old systems analyst @samformarietta.bsky.social and 78-year old Steve "Thunder" Tumlin.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/show-do...
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/show-do...
Show Don't Tell Politics — Instrumental Communications
Sam Foster, a 24-year-old IT systems engineer and community organizer, came within 87 votes of defeating five-term incumbent Raymond "Thunder" Tumlin in the Marietta, Georgia mayoral race.
The final ...
www.instrumentalcomms.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Reflections on the OTHER big mayor's race last week . . . this one in Marietta, Georgia between 24-year old systems analyst @samformarietta.bsky.social and 78-year old Steve "Thunder" Tumlin.
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/show-do...
www.instrumentalcomms.com/blog/show-do...
The election’s over — but the work isn’t. Let’s keep building a Marietta for Everyone.
🛍️ Grab your merch: bonfire.com/store/samformarietta
✍🏽 Join my team for what’s next: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvkc7aN8
📬 Didn’t see me on your ballot? Email electionsinfo@cobbcounty.org and cc info@samformarietta.com
🛍️ Grab your merch: bonfire.com/store/samformarietta
✍🏽 Join my team for what’s next: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvkc7aN8
📬 Didn’t see me on your ballot? Email electionsinfo@cobbcounty.org and cc info@samformarietta.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The election’s over — but the work isn’t. Let’s keep building a Marietta for Everyone.
🛍️ Grab your merch: bonfire.com/store/samformarietta
✍🏽 Join my team for what’s next: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvkc7aN8
📬 Didn’t see me on your ballot? Email electionsinfo@cobbcounty.org and cc info@samformarietta.com
🛍️ Grab your merch: bonfire.com/store/samformarietta
✍🏽 Join my team for what’s next: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvkc7aN8
📬 Didn’t see me on your ballot? Email electionsinfo@cobbcounty.org and cc info@samformarietta.com
You live in Marietta… but do you live in the City of Marietta? Watch me explain what “unincorporated Cobb” means and why I wasn't on your ballot.
If you believed in what we were trying to do, sign up so we can fight together for progress: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
If you believed in what we were trying to do, sign up so we can fight together for progress: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
November 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You live in Marietta… but do you live in the City of Marietta? Watch me explain what “unincorporated Cobb” means and why I wasn't on your ballot.
If you believed in what we were trying to do, sign up so we can fight together for progress: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
If you believed in what we were trying to do, sign up so we can fight together for progress: forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
A lot of folks have been asking — we’re out of campaign shirts but you can still order one online 💙
bonfire.com/store/samfor...
And if you want to stay connected so we can keep building a Marietta for Everyone, fill this out:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
The work’s just getting started.
bonfire.com/store/samfor...
And if you want to stay connected so we can keep building a Marietta for Everyone, fill this out:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
The work’s just getting started.
Sam For Marietta | Official Merchandise | Bonfire
Wear what started with Sam Foster and became a movement. The same bright campaign gear seen all over Marietta — now for everyone who believes in
bonfire.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A lot of folks have been asking — we’re out of campaign shirts but you can still order one online 💙
bonfire.com/store/samfor...
And if you want to stay connected so we can keep building a Marietta for Everyone, fill this out:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
The work’s just getting started.
bonfire.com/store/samfor...
And if you want to stay connected so we can keep building a Marietta for Everyone, fill this out:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
The work’s just getting started.
We may not have won this election, but we’re not done fighting for progress. Thank you to everyone who put their heart into this movement. 💙
If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
November 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We may not have won this election, but we’re not done fighting for progress. Thank you to everyone who put their heart into this movement. 💙
If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
If you want to stay connected and keep building a Marietta for Everyone together, sign up here:
forms.gle/yQS3YrCe7Yvk...
All I want for Christmas is your vote today <3
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
All I want for Christmas is your vote today <3
Reposted by Sam Foster
@rohitforatlanta.bsky.social (usually a boring city council president race but would be a big win for progressives in #atl)
@samformarietta.bsky.social (smart, engaging, young candidate challenging a 5 term old South mayor in #gapol)
@samformarietta.bsky.social (smart, engaging, young candidate challenging a 5 term old South mayor in #gapol)
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@rohitforatlanta.bsky.social (usually a boring city council president race but would be a big win for progressives in #atl)
@samformarietta.bsky.social (smart, engaging, young candidate challenging a 5 term old South mayor in #gapol)
@samformarietta.bsky.social (smart, engaging, young candidate challenging a 5 term old South mayor in #gapol)
Tomorrow is Election Day! If you didn’t vote early— your LAST CHANCE VOTE IS TOMORROW—TUES NOV 4, at your assigned polling location.
& Remember to vote Dr. Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard for Public Service Commission!!!
Let’s do this, Marietta 💙
& Remember to vote Dr. Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard for Public Service Commission!!!
Let’s do this, Marietta 💙
November 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Tomorrow is Election Day! If you didn’t vote early— your LAST CHANCE VOTE IS TOMORROW—TUES NOV 4, at your assigned polling location.
& Remember to vote Dr. Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard for Public Service Commission!!!
Let’s do this, Marietta 💙
& Remember to vote Dr. Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard for Public Service Commission!!!
Let’s do this, Marietta 💙
Hey Marietta! Tuesday, Nov 4 is your last chance to vote. 👉🏿Find your polling station mvp.sos.ga.gov
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hey Marietta! Tuesday, Nov 4 is your last chance to vote. 👉🏿Find your polling station mvp.sos.ga.gov
Think the mayor doesn’t affect Marietta schools?
58% of your property taxes go to education.
City Hall decisions shape how strong that funding is — through zoning, redevelopment, and how we grow our tax base. When we build smart, our schools win too.
58% of your property taxes go to education.
City Hall decisions shape how strong that funding is — through zoning, redevelopment, and how we grow our tax base. When we build smart, our schools win too.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Think the mayor doesn’t affect Marietta schools?
58% of your property taxes go to education.
City Hall decisions shape how strong that funding is — through zoning, redevelopment, and how we grow our tax base. When we build smart, our schools win too.
58% of your property taxes go to education.
City Hall decisions shape how strong that funding is — through zoning, redevelopment, and how we grow our tax base. When we build smart, our schools win too.
We started a movement for a Marietta that works for everyone. 💙
And now let’s finish this by showing up — every single one of us — and voting for the future we deserve.
This campaign is powered by the people who show up, speak out, and believe Marietta’s best days are ahead.
And now let’s finish this by showing up — every single one of us — and voting for the future we deserve.
This campaign is powered by the people who show up, speak out, and believe Marietta’s best days are ahead.
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We started a movement for a Marietta that works for everyone. 💙
And now let’s finish this by showing up — every single one of us — and voting for the future we deserve.
This campaign is powered by the people who show up, speak out, and believe Marietta’s best days are ahead.
And now let’s finish this by showing up — every single one of us — and voting for the future we deserve.
This campaign is powered by the people who show up, speak out, and believe Marietta’s best days are ahead.
We need YOU! Together, we can build a Marietta for Everyone.
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Can you spare an hour or two to spread the word and talk with neighbors about what matters most to our city? Or make quick phone calls from anywhere? Every conversation counts.
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👉 samformarietta.com/volunteer
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Can you spare an hour or two to spread the word and talk with neighbors about what matters most to our city? Or make quick phone calls from anywhere? Every conversation counts.
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👉 samformarietta.com/volunteer
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
We need YOU! Together, we can build a Marietta for Everyone.
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Can you spare an hour or two to spread the word and talk with neighbors about what matters most to our city? Or make quick phone calls from anywhere? Every conversation counts.
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👉 samformarietta.com/volunteer
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Can you spare an hour or two to spread the word and talk with neighbors about what matters most to our city? Or make quick phone calls from anywhere? Every conversation counts.
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👉 samformarietta.com/volunteer
Reposted by Sam Foster
#Marietta Early Voting update 📣
Yesterday's (10/31) est. EV total within the City of Marietta was 4,936, compared to 2,909 on the penultimate day of early voting in 2021, a 70% increase.
Projected EV total is 5,828, 67% of the total votes for mayor in 2021 (8,720)‼️
@samformarietta.bsky.social
Yesterday's (10/31) est. EV total within the City of Marietta was 4,936, compared to 2,909 on the penultimate day of early voting in 2021, a 70% increase.
Projected EV total is 5,828, 67% of the total votes for mayor in 2021 (8,720)‼️
@samformarietta.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
#Marietta Early Voting update 📣
Yesterday's (10/31) est. EV total within the City of Marietta was 4,936, compared to 2,909 on the penultimate day of early voting in 2021, a 70% increase.
Projected EV total is 5,828, 67% of the total votes for mayor in 2021 (8,720)‼️
@samformarietta.bsky.social
Yesterday's (10/31) est. EV total within the City of Marietta was 4,936, compared to 2,909 on the penultimate day of early voting in 2021, a 70% increase.
Projected EV total is 5,828, 67% of the total votes for mayor in 2021 (8,720)‼️
@samformarietta.bsky.social
Today is the last day to vote early.
After today, your final chance to cast your ballot is on Election Day — November 4th.
After today, your final chance to cast your ballot is on Election Day — November 4th.
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Today is the last day to vote early.
After today, your final chance to cast your ballot is on Election Day — November 4th.
After today, your final chance to cast your ballot is on Election Day — November 4th.
📣 Marietta — we’ve got a big Saturday ahead!
Three events happening across Marietta. Sam will be stopping by each one!
💡 We’re also collecting non-perishable food donations to help bridge the gap caused by the pause in SNAP benefits that starts Nov 1st.
Three events happening across Marietta. Sam will be stopping by each one!
💡 We’re also collecting non-perishable food donations to help bridge the gap caused by the pause in SNAP benefits that starts Nov 1st.
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📣 Marietta — we’ve got a big Saturday ahead!
Three events happening across Marietta. Sam will be stopping by each one!
💡 We’re also collecting non-perishable food donations to help bridge the gap caused by the pause in SNAP benefits that starts Nov 1st.
Three events happening across Marietta. Sam will be stopping by each one!
💡 We’re also collecting non-perishable food donations to help bridge the gap caused by the pause in SNAP benefits that starts Nov 1st.