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Marsha Blackburn

RepublicanMarsha Blackburn

U.S. Senator · Tennessee

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Senator from Tennessee

12 tracked promises, 7 rated

Tennessee

Tennessee

Represents Tennessee statewide

55/100
Trust rating
Mixed record
55
0 · Broken50 · Mixed100 · Kept
A transparent rescale of the Integrity Score (+9) to 0–100, aggregated from 7 rated promises. Never an opaque single score. Provisional — based on 1 rated promise they could act on; a settled rating needs at least 5.
How this is calculated →

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).

63.8%
Win share
1,918,743
Votes for winner
3,007,608
Total cast
  • Marsha Blackburn · Republican63.8%
  • Gloria Johnson · Democrat34.2%
  • 3 Other Candidates2%

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 includes bills related to immigration, healthcare, and veterans' affairs, as evidenced by her sponsorship of the 287(g) Expansion Act and the Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act. Additionally, her involvement in election security and education is reflected in her sponsorship of the Election Security Partnership Act and the Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act. Focus areas (from the record): Immigration · Healthcare · Veterans Affairs · Election Security · Education Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Blackburn's sponsored bills include those related to immigration and veterans' issues, such as the 287(g) Expansion Act and the Women Veterans Specialty Care Access Act. The record does not include significant legislation in the areas of education and crime. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal Blackburn's effectiveness in passing legislation, as none of her sponsored bills became law; There is no information on her committee assignments, which could provide insight into her legislative priorities; The absence of statements limits understanding of her public communication and engagement 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 2023. 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. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

48bills sponsored
1 became law5 passed a chamber42 pending
013253850Bills2023: 1 became law, 5 passed a chamber, 42 pending2023: 1 became law, 5 passed a chamber, 42 pending2023: 1 became law, 5 passed a chamber, 42 pending482023

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

2%
1 of 48 sponsored bills became law
1 became law5 passed a chamber42 pending

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

$0
Cash on hand · 2026
$1.6M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$500K$1M$1.5M$2M2026: raised $1.6M2026: spent $1.1M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $84K (5%)Large individual (itemized): $607K (39%)39%PAC / committee: $859K (55%)55%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$84K5%
  • Large individual (itemized)$607K39%
  • PAC / committee$859K55%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

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 promises

The line steps at each recorded assessment and holds between them; it ends on the current published score.

−100 worked against0+100 kept
Integrity Score by assessment date. Score ranges from −100 (worked against) to +100 (kept).
DateIntegrity Score
Jul 2026
Jul 2026
Jul 202621
Jul 202615
Jul 202612
Jul 202611
Jul 20269
Jan 20319 (current, held from last rating)

Promise status over time

How the tracked promise record has evolved.

7 tracked
  • Kept1
  • Against0
  • No opportunity6
  • In progress0
02468Jul 2026Jul 2026Jul 2026

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.

Not yet scoredNot yet rated 5— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

Topic coverage

12 promises across 12 topics

What 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
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

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).

10
21
35
46
50

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

12 tracked promises

No opportunityhigh confidence

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.

Education / school choiceSpecific · measurable
SourcesWikipedia - 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial electionOffice of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (tn.gov)· archivedThe Tennessee FireflyMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
No opportunityhigh confidence

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.

ImmigrationSpecific · measurable
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn· archivedWikipedia — 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial electionOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn· archivedFox NewsMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
No opportunityhigh confidence

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.

Taxes and economy
SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (senate.gov)· archivedWikipedia — 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial electionMarsha Blackburn official campaign website· archived
No opportunityhigh confidence

As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to implement party registration, moving Tennessee toward closed primaries in which voters declare a party affiliation.

Elections
SourcesMarsha Blackburn for Governor (campaign website)NewsChannel 5 NashvilleTennessee General Assembly - official bill record HB0886/SB0777 (Rep. Todd / Sen. Lowe)· archivedNashville BannerFox NewsMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
Championedmedium confidence

As governor, Blackburn commits to make sure girls' sports in Tennessee are protected from transgender athlete participation.

Women's and girls' sports
SourcesOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (March 21, 2026)· archivedMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedUnited States Senate - Roll Call Vote, 119th Congress, 1st Session, Vote 100 (March 3, 2025)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (January 14, 2025)· archivedRoll Call (August 6, 2025)2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election (verifies office not yet held: primary Aug. 6, 2026; general Nov. 3, 2026; Gov. Bill Lee term-limited)
No opportunityhigh confidence

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.

Crime and public safety
SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn· archivedWikipedia - 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial electionMarsha Blackburn for Governor (official campaign site)· archivedWikipedia - Marsha Blackburn
No opportunityhigh confidence

As governor, Blackburn commits to fight to stop what she describes as 'woke' anti-American curriculum being taught in Tennessee schools.

School curriculum
SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedOffice of U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (press release, June 8, 2021)· archivedWikipedia — 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election
Not yet rated

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.

China / foreign land ownershipSpecific · measurablePromised Jul 2026
SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedBreitbart (op-ed authored by Marsha Blackburn)
Not yet rated

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.

Online child safety / tech regulationSpecific · measurablePromised Jun 2026
SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

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.

Artificial intelligence regulationSpecific · measurablePromised Dec 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

Blackburn committed to work to make the 2017 tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent.

Federal tax policySpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
Not yet rated

As governor, Blackburn commits to shut down Confucius classrooms in Tennessee and end Chinese 'sister city' relationships, citing them as CCP propaganda.

China / education and local tiesPromised Jul 2026
SourcesBreitbart (op-ed authored by Marsha Blackburn)

Voting record

Total votes
890
Yea
625
Nay
213
Present
0
Not voting
52

Full voting record

890 votes
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN1078Yea
  • PN73011Yea
  • HR5334Not voting
  • HR5334Not voting
  • SJRES187Not voting
  • PN73011Not voting
  • PN932Not voting
  • PN932Yea
  • HR6500Not voting
  • SRES817Not voting
120 of 890
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

12 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither 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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archived
    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.

    SourcesBreitbart (op-ed authored by Marsha Blackburn)
    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.

    SourcesMarsha for Governor (campaign website)· archivedBreitbart (op-ed authored by Marsha Blackburn)
    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.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
    View 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.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
  • Federal tax policyStated position

    Blackburn committed to work to make the 2017 tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) permanent.

    SourcesU.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (Senate.gov)· archived
    View position & sources
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

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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