U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Thursday advanced to the general election in November, defeating U.S. Rep. John Rose and becoming the first woman to win the Republican nomination for governor. Despite polls in the final weeks of the campaign showing a tightening race, Blackburn cruised to victory. By 9 p.m. Thursday, after The Associated Press […]
Marquee races being decided in Tennessee’s August 6 primary election include the Republican nominee for governor, with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep.Monty Fritts duking it out, as well as both the Democratic and Republican nominees in multiple congressional seats — several of which have new boundaries after a special […]
Cookeville U.S. Rep. John Rose loaned his gubernatorial campaign an additional $4 million in the final days of the Republican primary, bringing his total in self-funding to $13 million. For U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn the Tennessee Freedom Fund and Team Tennessee political action committees, PACs, backing her bid have consolidated under one entity after raising […]
A political action committee operated by officers of the conservative pro-private school voucher group Club For Growth has spent $4.81 million backing U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s gubernatorial bid, months after Blackburn donated a nearly identical amount to the organization’s primary PAC, campaign finance reports show. In May, Blackburn nearly emptied her federal campaign account, donating […]
Better late than never, Tennessee’s campaign finance watchdog will take up a sworn complaint against a dark-money group that’s been pounding U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn with a TV ad calling her “queen pharma mama.” The Registry of Election Finance is set to consider the complaint by Chip Buck of Pall Mall, a Blackburn surrogate, at […]
A surrogate for Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn has filed a sworn complaint with the state’s campaign finance watchdog seeking an investigation into a dark-money group running TV ads calling the U.S. senator “queen pharma mama.” Chip Buck of Pall Mall in Fentress County claims the American Exceptionalism Institute, a nonprofit group that has been […]
Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and her gubernatorial campaign are demanding a dark-money group pull a TV ad that calls her “queen pharma mama” and infers she took money to pass federal pharmaceutical law. Attorneys for Blackburn notified officers with Alexandria, Virginia-based American Exceptionalism Institute that its ad targets a sitting U.S. senator with “knowingly […]
Political endorsements and independent spending are ramping up as congressional candidates wrangle for votes in the closing days of the Aug. 6 primary. U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles of Culleoka is depending on the backing of President Donald Trump, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and the House Freedom Caucus to carry him to another term in […]
Tennessee’s Republican gubernatorial candidates are far from prolific lawmakers, passing little legislation during their tenures in the state legislature and Congress. State Rep. Monty Fritts’ biggest claim to fame is passage of the so-called “chemtrails” bill that was panned by critics as “nonsense.” The measure passed with ease in 2024 to stop the potential release […]
