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{{Infobox officeholderOfficeholder|name=Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn
|image=Marsha Blackburn.jpg
|officeparty=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Tennessee]]'s 7th congressional district |term_start=January 3, 2003|term_end=January 3, 2019 (pending) |predeceded=Ed Bryant]]|succeeded= |office2=State Senator for Tennessee's 23rd district|term_start2=January 12, 1999|term_end2= January 3, 2003|preceded2=Keith Jordan|succeeded2=Jim Bryson|office3= Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission|term_start3=February 1995|term_end3=June 1997|preceded3=Dancy Jones |succeeded3=Anne Pope |office4= Chairman of the Williamson County [[Republican Party]]|term_start4=1989 |term_end4=1991|preceded4= George Miller|succeeded4=Al Nations|birth_date=June 6, 1952|birth_place=Laurel, Jones County<br>[[Mississippi]]|death_date= |death_place=
|spouse= Chuck Blackburn
|children=Two children
|alma_mater=Mississippi State University
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Tennessee
|terms=January 3, 2019 – present
|preceded=[[Bob Corker]]
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Tennessee
|district=7th
|terms=January 3, 2003 – Januaty 3, 2019
|preceded=Ed Bryant
|succeeded=Mark Green
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Tennessee Senate, 23rd district
|terms=January 12, 1999 – January 3, 2003
|preceded=Keith Jordan
|succeeded=Jim Bryson
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission
|terms=February 1995 – June 1997
|preceded=Dancy Jones
|succeeded=Anne Pope
}}
{{Officeholder/misc
|office=Chairman of the Williamson County [[Republican Party]]
|terms=1989 – 1991
|preceded=George Miller
|succeeded=Al Nations
}}
}}
===Republican primary and general election===
On November 6, 2018, in a bid for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the retiring [[Bob Corker]], a [[Moderate Republican]] and former [[mayor]] of Chattanooga, After winning the Republican primary,<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee_(August_2,_2018_Republican_primary) United States Senate election in Tennessee (August 2, 2018 Republican primary)]</ref> Blackburn faced [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Phil Bredesen]], a popular former [[governor]] of Tennessee. Despite more money donated to her opponent's campaign<ref>[https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/TN/2018/ 2018 Election United States Senate Campaign Finance Totals]</ref> and polling that suggested a tossup,<ref>[http://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/2018/images/11/01/rel2_tn.pdf rel2_tn.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://www.targoz.com/market-matters-blog/2018/11/3/tennessee-poll-the-race-for-senate-is-too-close-to-call Tennessee Poll: The Race for Senate is Too Close to Call]</ref> she won the general election by over 10% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/tennessee/senate/ Tennessee Senate Election Results 2018]</ref>
==Personal life==
A native of Laurel, [[Mississippi]], and a graduate of Mississippi State University in Starkville, Blackburn resides with her husband, Chuck Blackburn, in Brentwood, a [[suburb]] of the capital city of [[Nashville]]. They have two children; she is a [[Presbyterian]].
==References==
{{reflist|2}} ==External links==*[https://www.marshablackburn.com/ Home | Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate]*[https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/ Home | Senator Marsha Blackburn]
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