RepublicanMarsha Blackburn
U.S. Senator · Tennessee
U.S. Senator from Tennessee
12 tracked promises, 7 rated
Tennessee
Represents Tennessee statewide
How they won their seat
Marsha Blackburn won the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Tennessee with 63.8% of the vote (1,918,743 votes).
- Marsha Blackburn · Republican63.8%1,918,743
- Gloria Johnson · Democrat34.2%1,027,461
- 3 Other Candidates2%61,404
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Marsha Blackburn's record shows a concentration on issues related to immigration, healthcare, and veterans' affairs. She has sponsored multiple bills addressing immigration policy, such as the 287(g) Expansion Act and the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, alongside initiatives aimed at improving healthcare access for veterans, like the Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act. Focus areas (from the record): Immigration · Healthcare · Veterans Affairs · Tax Policy · Education Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Blackburn's sponsored bills indicate legislative activity in immigration and healthcare. However, the evidence does not support a clear connection between her voting record and her stated commitments on education and tax policy. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of her sponsored bills is unclear as none have become law; There is no information on her committee assignments, limiting insight into her legislative influence; The absence of statements means we cannot assess her public communication or rhetoric on these issues. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Marsha Blackburn has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2017. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Marsha Blackburn has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 27
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$84K5%
- Large individual (itemized)$607K39%
- PAC / committee$859K55%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and MediaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data PrivacyOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Science, Manufacturing, and CompetitivenessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Health CareOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Social Security, Pensions, and Family PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Crime and CounterterrorismOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual PropertyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Privacy, Technology, and the LawOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — the ConstitutionOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Joint Economic CommitteeOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+9 · based on 7 rated promises
- No opportunity 6
- Championed 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2019 · 7 rated promisesEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity6
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
12 promises across 12 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Artificial intelligence regulation1
- China / education and local ties1
- China / foreign land ownership1
- Crime and public safety1
- Education / school choice1
- Elections1
- Federal tax policy1
- Immigration1
- Online child safety / tech regulation1
- School curriculum1
- Taxes and economy1
- Women's and girls' sports1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)1192%
- Partisan18%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“As governor, Blackburn commits to keep Tennessee land and farmland out of Chinese ownership, backing a complete state ban on Chinese entities owning land in Tennessee and pledging to lower the ownership threshold so companies with Chinese interests cannot own Tennessee land.”
“Blackburn committed to continue pushing to pass the stronger Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act, rejecting what she called weaker reforms after the House passed a modified version.”
“In the Senate, Blackburn committed to introduce the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act to create a single federal regulatory framework ('one federal rulebook') for artificial intelligence.”
“Blackburn committed to work to make the 2017 tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to work with the state legislature to fully implement Tennessee's new school-choice law so that every child, regardless of family income or ZIP code, has access to an education that fits their needs.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to ensure Tennessee's state government works with the federal government to implement mass deportations and to penalize elected officials who refuse to follow federal immigration law, pledging that sanctuary cities will never have a home in Tennessee.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to shut down Confucius classrooms in Tennessee and end Chinese 'sister city' relationships, citing them as CCP propaganda.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to keep taxes and prices low and to reduce what she characterizes as unnecessary spending and regulations to support economic growth.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to implement party registration, moving Tennessee toward closed primaries in which voters declare a party affiliation.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to make sure girls' sports in Tennessee are protected from transgender athlete participation.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to remove what she calls Soros-funded district attorneys and to oppose efforts to defund the police, saying keeping communities and children safe will be her top priority.”
“As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to stop what she describes as 'woke' anti-American curriculum being taught in Tennessee schools.”
Verified record
512 sponsored billsFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 5023: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes. ↗Jul 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4994: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for credits against tax for domestic manufacturing of critical medical supplies and drugs. ↗Jul 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4840: Export Control Enforcement and Enhancement Act ↗Jun 18, 2026
- Sponsored S 4659: Election Security Partnership Act ↗Jun 2, 2026
- Sponsored S 4405: 287(g) Expansion Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 4408: Supporting Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Act ↗Apr 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 4329: Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act ↗Apr 16, 2026
- Sponsored S 4305: Safer Prisons Act of 2026 ↗Apr 15, 2026
- Sponsored S 4285: Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act ↗Apr 14, 2026
- Sponsored S 4204: Rural Health Innovation Act of 2026 ↗Mar 25, 2026
- Sponsored S 4207: American Innovation Act of 2026 ↗Mar 25, 2026
- Sponsored S 4208: Rural America Health Corps Act ↗Mar 25, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 512 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 604
- Nay
- 209
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 45
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
12 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Taxes and economyStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to keep taxes and prices low and to reduce what she characterizes as unnecessary spending and regulations to support economic growth.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/fighting-for-tennessees-continued-economic-growth/View position & sources → - School curriculumStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to stop what she describes as 'woke' anti-American curriculum being taught in Tennessee schools.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/fighting-woke-anti-american-curriculum/View position & sources → - ElectionsStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to implement party registration, moving Tennessee toward closed primaries in which voters declare a party affiliation.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/protecting-tennessee-elections-and-supporting-party-registration/View position & sources → - Education / school choiceStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to work with the state legislature to fully implement Tennessee's new school-choice law so that every child, regardless of family income or ZIP code, has access to an education that fits their needs.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/strengthening-parental-rights/View position & sources → - Women's and girls' sportsStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to make sure girls' sports in Tennessee are protected from transgender athlete participation.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/protecting-womens-sports/View position & sources → - Crime and public safetyStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to remove what she calls Soros-funded district attorneys and to oppose efforts to defund the police, saying keeping communities and children safe will be her top priority.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/keeping-our-communities-safe/View position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to ensure Tennessee's state government works with the federal government to implement mass deportations and to penalize elected officials who refuse to follow federal immigration law, pledging that sanctuary cities will never have a home in Tennessee.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/stopping-the-scourge-of-illegal-immigration/View position & sources → - China / education and local tiesStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to shut down Confucius classrooms in Tennessee and end Chinese 'sister city' relationships, citing them as CCP propaganda.
Sourceshttps://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/09/exclusive-sen-marsha-blackburn-tennessee-must-show-america-how-to-stand-up-to-communist-china/View position & sources → - China / foreign land ownershipStated position
As governor, Blackburn commits to keep Tennessee land and farmland out of Chinese ownership, backing a complete state ban on Chinese entities owning land in Tennessee and pledging to lower the ownership threshold so companies with Chinese interests cannot own Tennessee land.
Sourceshttps://marshablackburn.com/issue/confronting-communist-china/https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/09/exclusive-sen-marsha-blackburn-tennessee-must-show-america-how-to-stand-up-to-communist-china/View position & sources → - Online child safety / tech regulationStated position
Blackburn committed to continue pushing to pass the stronger Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act, rejecting what she called weaker reforms after the House passed a modified version.
Sourceshttps://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2026/6/blackburn-blumenthal-statement-on-house-passage-of-the-kids-actView position & sources → - Artificial intelligence regulationStated position
In the Senate, Blackburn committed to introduce the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act to create a single federal regulatory framework ('one federal rulebook') for artificial intelligence.
Sourceshttps://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/12/technology/blackburn-unveils-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligenceView position & sources → - Federal tax policyStated position
Blackburn committed to work to make the 2017 tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent.
Sourceshttps://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/1/news/blackburn-highlights-2024-accomplishments-for-tennesseansView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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