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==U.S. Senate==
===2018 U.S. Senate campaignelection in Tennessee=======Campaign====
In late May 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] traveled to Tennessee to rally voters on Blackburn's behalf.<ref>[https://www.wbir.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/president-trump-coming-to-nashville-on-may-29/51-554131731 President Trump coming to Nashville on May 29]</ref> Trump called Brednsen, who is backed by Senate Minority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] of [[New York]], an obstructionist to Trump's [[Make America Great Again]] agenda.<ref>"Trump Travels to Nashville", ''The San Antonio Express-News'', May 30, 2018, p. A8.</ref>
====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>
===Tenure===
One of the strongest conservatives in the Senate,<ref>[https://www.ontheissues.org/House/Marsha_Blackburn.htm Marsha Blackburn on the Issues]</ref><ref>[https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/25186/marsha-blackburn Marsha Blackburn's Voting Records]</ref> Blackburn has thoroughly backed [[Donald Trump]] more strongly than almost all other Senate Republicans. This included her refusal to vote for a Democrat alternative to Trump's border wall money proposal during a government shutdown, in contrast to [[RINOs]] such as her colleague [[Lamar Alexander]] who caved into the Democrat proposal.<ref>[https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/24/how-sens-lamar-alexander-and-marsha-blackburn-voted-two-key-government-shutdown-votes/2670004002/ How Sens. Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn voted on two key government shutdown bills]</ref>
==Personal life==
