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Marsha Blackburn

R Republican · Senator, Tennessee
18
Low self-dealing
5/6 components have data
#117 of 193 scored

Blackburn reports little to no individual-stock trading and a modest reported net worth, so trading and enrichment concerns are low. The most substantiated accountability issue is campaign spending: reporting found her campaigns paid firms owned by her daughter and son-in-law roughly $370,000 between 2002 and 2025, and she has a long history of FEC inquiries including a past illegal-contribution citation. No major revolving-door or excessive-absenteeism findings surfaced. Industry-donor influence is a correlation-only consideration.

Public record

In Congress since
2003
Committees
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Finance
Judiciary
Veterans' Affairs
Joint Economic Committee
Missed votes, 119th Congress
5.8% (53 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$3.1M raised · 4% from PACs & committees · $434K cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
None

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
3
No record of individual-stock trade activity; not named in NYT congressional conflict reporting. Net-worth trackers estimate small market gains but show no active individual trading.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
3
Reported net worth estimated modest (roughly under $1.3M); no documented growth beyond salary/market, and she lacks a personal fortune per FEC reporting.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
20
Correlation, not proof: industry contributions tracked by OpenSecrets/FollowTheMoney; no specific quid-pro-quo established.
Revolving door & family
15% weight
20
Family members' consulting firms are paid by her campaign (overlaps with personal-use finding); no documented external lobbying contracts tied to her office.
Skips the job to fundraiseno data
10% weight
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No documented pattern of excessive missed votes paired with heavy fundraising or paid speeches found.

Sources behind this score: 1 data aggregator · 4 news reporting · 1 reference database. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 1 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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