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| − | '''Marsha Blackburn''' is a [[conservative]] Republican in the [[House of Representatives]], representing the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee. She was first elected to that office in 2002. | + | '''Marsha Wedgeworth Blackburn''' (born June 5, 1952) is a [[conservative]] [[Republican Party|Republican]] in the [[House of Representatives]], representing the 7th Congressional District of [[Tennessee]] was first elected to that office in 2002. 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]]. |
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| − | Previously Marsha Blackburn served in the Tennessee State Senate. | + | Previously, she served in the Tennessee State Senate. |
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| | + | On November 6, 2018, in a bid for the [[United States Senate]] seat held by the retiring [[Bob Corker]], a [[Moderate Republican]] from Chattanooga, Blackburn expects to face the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Phil Bredesen]], a popular former [[governor]] of Tennessee. In late May 2018, [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] traveled to Tennessee to rally voters on Blackburn's behalf. Trump called Brednsen, who is backed by Senate Minority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] of [[New York]], an obstructionist to the [[Make America Great Again]] agenda.<ref>"Trump Travels to Nashville", ''The San Antonio Express-News]], May 30, 2018, p. A8.</ref> |
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