Robert Foster (politician)
Robert Foster is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. A Republican, he serves in the Mississippi House of Representatives. He became a candidate for governor of Mississippi in the 2019 election.Foster was first elected to the Mississippi House in November 2015.
Foster received national attention in July 2019 when he refused to allow a female journalist from Mississippi Today to interview him alone, which she said constituted sexism. Foster said that his position was grounded in a fear that he could be accused of being in an "inappropriate relationship" if he was seen alone with a woman other than his wife, something he called the Billy Graham rule.
