Difference between revisions of "Marsha Blackburn"
(→U.S. Senate: added a section) |
(→Tenure: clarified context) |
||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
===Tenure=== | ===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 | + | 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 vote in favor of Trump's border wall funding proposal during 2018-2019 government shutdown amidst opposition within the Senate Republicans as well as her refusal to vote for the Democrat alternative, in contrast to [[RINO]]s such as her colleague [[Lamar Alexander]] who caved into the latter 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== | ==Personal life== | ||
Revision as of 04:35, February 12, 2020
| Marsha Blackburn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| U.S. Senator from Tennessee From: January 3, 2019 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Bob Corker | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| U.S. Representative from Tennessee's 7th Congressional District From: January 3, 2003 – Januaty 3, 2019 | |||
| Predecessor | Ed Bryant | ||
| Successor | Mark Green | ||
| Tennessee Senate, 23rd district From: January 12, 1999 – January 3, 2003 | |||
| Predecessor | Keith Jordan | ||
| Successor | Jim Bryson | ||
| Executive Director of the Tennessee Film, Entertainment, and Music Commission From: February 1995 – June 1997 | |||
| Predecessor | Dancy Jones | ||
| Successor | Anne Pope | ||
| Chairman of the Williamson County Republican Party From: 1989 – 1991 | |||
| Predecessor | George Miller | ||
| Successor | Al Nations | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Chuck Blackburn | ||
| Religion | Presbyterian | ||
Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn (born June 5, 1952) is a movement conservative Republican who is a senator from Tennessee. She has previously represented Tennessee's 7th congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives since her election in 2002. Prior to that, she served in the Tennessee State Senate.
U.S. Senate
2018 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee
Campaign
In late May 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Tennessee to rally voters on Blackburn's behalf.[1] 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.[2]
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,[3] Blackburn faced Democrat Phil Bredesen, a popular former governor of Tennessee. Despite more money donated to her opponent's campaign[4] and polling that suggested a tossup,[5][6] she won the general election by over 10% of the vote.[7]
Tenure
One of the strongest conservatives in the Senate,[8][9] Blackburn has thoroughly backed Donald Trump more strongly than almost all other Senate Republicans. This included her vote in favor of Trump's border wall funding proposal during 2018-2019 government shutdown amidst opposition within the Senate Republicans as well as her refusal to vote for the Democrat alternative, in contrast to RINOs such as her colleague Lamar Alexander who caved into the latter proposal.[10]
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
- ↑ President Trump coming to Nashville on May 29
- ↑ "Trump Travels to Nashville", The San Antonio Express-News, May 30, 2018, p. A8.
- ↑ United States Senate election in Tennessee (August 2, 2018 Republican primary)
- ↑ 2018 Election United States Senate Campaign Finance Totals
- ↑ rel2_tn.pdf
- ↑ Tennessee Poll: The Race for Senate is Too Close to Call
- ↑ Tennessee Senate Election Results 2018
- ↑ Marsha Blackburn on the Issues
- ↑ Marsha Blackburn's Voting Records
- ↑ How Sens. Lamar Alexander and Marsha Blackburn voted on two key government shutdown bills