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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
Confirmation: Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 24, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: John Ratcliffe to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Yea Jan 23, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 6 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Yea Jan 22, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Peter Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session Yea Jan 21, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State Yea Jan 20, 2025 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 20, 2025 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Ernst Amdt No. 8, As Amended Yea Jan 20, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 17, 2025 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Coons Amdt. No. 23 Nay Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Cornyn Amdt. No. 14 Yea Jan 15, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 13, 2025 Motion to Proceed Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 5 — Laken Riley Act Yea Jan 9, 2025 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed 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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