Steve Tumlin

{{Short description|American politician (born 1947)}} {{Independent sources|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Steve Tumlin | image = Marietta Mayor R. Steve Tumlin, Jr.jpg | caption = Tumlin in 2010 | office1 = Mayor of Marietta, Georgia | term_start1 = January 4, 2010 | term_end1 = | preceded1 = Bill Dunaway | succeeded1 = | state_house2 = Georgia | district2 = 38th | term_start2 = January 10, 2005 | term_end2 = January 12, 2009 | preceded2 = Jan Jones | succeeded2 = Pat Dooley | birth_name = Raymond Stevens Tumlin Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|04|17}} | birth_place = Marietta, Georgia, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | alma_mater = University of Georgia {{small|(BBA)}}<br>University of Denver {{small|(MBA)}}<br>Georgia State University {{small|(JD)}} | spouse = Jean Alice }}

'''Raymond Stevens "Thunder" Tumlin Jr.''' (born April 17, 1947) is an American politician and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 38, which encompasses parts of Cobb County. He became mayor of Marietta, Georgia in 2010 and was reelected in 2013.<ref>[http://www.mariettaga.gov/departments/mayor/mayor.aspx About the Mayor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929141805/http://www.mariettaga.gov/departments/mayor/mayor.aspx |date=2006-09-29 }} retrieved August 5, 2010</ref> Tumlin has served as Chairman of the Board of the Marietta Board of Education. He serves as Chairman of the Marietta Board of Lights and Water and was elected to the Board Of Directors of the Municipal Electric Association of Georgia (MEAG) in 2013. Tumlin is a member of the Republican Party.

Tumlin is a Certified Public Accountant and an attorney, earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, an MBA from the University of Denver, and his JD from Georgia State University's College of Law. Tumlin practices law as a tax attorney in Marietta.

In April 2022, he vetoed a resolution to make Juneteenth a paid holiday for city employees.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marietta mayor vetoes efforts to make Juneteenth a city holiday |date=April 15, 2022 |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/marietta-mayor-vetos-efforts-to-make-juneteeth-a-city-holiday}}</ref>

In July 2023, he was succeeded as a member of the Cobb & Douglas County Board of Health by Mayor of Mableton Michael Owens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/07/mableton-mayor-owens-appointed-to-cobb-douglas-board-of-health/|title=Mableton Mayor Owens appointed to Cobb & Douglas Board of Health|first=Larry Felton|last=Johnson|date=July 10, 2023|access-date=December 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223205410/https://cobbcountycourier.com/2023/07/mableton-mayor-owens-appointed-to-cobb-douglas-board-of-health/|archive-date=December 23, 2023|url-status=live|website=Cobb County Courier}}</ref>

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