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Marsha Blackburn

U.S. Senator (Class 1), TN

Republican Tennessee since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 1), TN current
Tennessee
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2031 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 1), TN
Tennessee
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US Senate District Tennessee
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2025 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 openstates/people CC0-1.0
US House District TN-7
United States
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 openstates/people CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, TN-7
Tennessee
Republican Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.632, social dim. 0.142. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Earl Matthews to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Wright, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Wright to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Yea Jul 28, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Emil J. Bove III to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Richard Topping, of Ohio, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Richard Topping to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Veterans Affairs Yea Jul 24, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Matthew Lohmeier, of Arizona, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Matthew Lohmeier to be Under Secretary of the Air Force Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Szabo, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Szabo to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Zachary M. Bluestone, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Zachary M. Bluestone to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 23, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Hurley, of California, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Arielle Roth, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Communications and Information Yea Jul 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Bradley Hansell, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Lukas, of Arkansas, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 22, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Cristian M. Stevens, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Joshua M. Divine, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Terrance Cole, of Virginia, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 22, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Terrance Cole to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement Yea Jul 21, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Hurley to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Arielle Roth to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information Yea Jul 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,014 recorded contributions totalling $13,548,547. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 734 of 1014 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 157 $7,650,793 56%
Big donor 535 $2,149,592 16%
Party 28 $1,537,885 11%
Super PAC 14 $883,345 7%
Unclassified 280 $1,326,932 10%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$844,408 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$776,170 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$748,058 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$658,405 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$654,196 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$585,347 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Party Mar 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$508,182 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$373,513 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$309,836 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Dec 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$227,556 BLACKBURN TENNESSEE VICTORY FUND MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Nov 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$123,185 BLACKBURN CRUZ SCOTT VICTORY MARSHA FOR SENATE Corporate PAC Jun 28, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$122,661 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE MARSHA FOR SENATE Party Jun 22, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$101,522 AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC Super PAC Oct 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$100,308 CORNYN VICTORY COMMITTEE MARSHA FOR SENATE Party Sep 28, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$100,000 NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND Super PAC May 13, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (3 as lead sponsor)

Social media

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