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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: Justin R. Olson to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana Yea Feb 5, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 5, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri Yea Feb 4, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 4, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Confirmation: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Yea Feb 3, 2026 Nomination Confirmed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas Not voting Feb 2, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 4287 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 4290 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4286 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4234 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Table Lee Amdt. No. 4236 Nay Jan 30, 2026 Motion to Table Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Paul Amdt. No. 4272 Yea Jan 30, 2026 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 7148 — Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 29, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 3627 — Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Yea Jan 27, 2026 Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Bill Passed U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 15, 2026 Cloture Motion Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 98 — A joint resolution to direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities within or against Venezuela that have not been… Yea Jan 14, 2026 Point of Order Well Taken U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 84 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Jan 13, 2026 Motion to Proceed Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 6938 — Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jan 12, 2026 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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