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.

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Derived from a tracked promise: “As governor, Blackburn commits to keep Tennessee land and farmland out of Chinese ownership, backing a complete state ban on Chinese entitie…”

Sources

Marsha for Governor (campaign website)https://marshablackburn.com/issue/confronting-communist-china/ ↗
“the state of Tennessee should enact a complete ban on China having the ability to own any type of land in our state”
Breitbart (op-ed authored by Marsha Blackburn)https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/07/09/exclusive-sen-marsha-blackburn-tennessee-must-show-america-how-to-stand-up-to-communist-china/ ↗
“I'll crack down even harder and lower the threshold so companies with Chinese interests can't own our Tennessee land.”