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Early career and political activity. In 1973, before graduating from college, Blackburn worked as a sales manager for the Times Mirror Company. From 1975 to 1978, she worked in the Castner Knott Division of Mercantile Stores, Inc. In 1978, she became the owner of Marketing Strategies, a promotion-event management firm.
May 10, 2024 · She founded a marketing and event management company in 1978. Marsha Blackburn became increasingly involved in Republican politics. She helped start a Young Republicans club in Williamson county, Tennessee, and in 1989 she was selected to chair that county’s Republican Party.
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In 1998, she was elected to the Tennessee State Senate. In the state legislature, she earned a reputation for fiscal responsibility and government accountability by identifying waste and offering realistic solutions to Tennessee’s budget challenges.
Oct 8, 2018 · Look what Marsha Blackburn made Taylor Swift do. Inspired in part by her opposition to the Republican Senate candidate, Swift, 28, revealed her political views for the first time ever in a...
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While serving in the Tennessee Senate, Marsha led a statewide grassroots campaign to defeat a proposed state income tax. The tax was defeated, and Marsha’s leadership earned her a reputation as an anti-tax champion.
Jul 10, 2021 · Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn has reignited her long-running feud with pop star Taylor Swift. In an interview with right-wing news outlet , the Tennessee senator criticized the left for making ...
Nov 7, 2018 · In one fell swoop, Marsha Blackburn’s election to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday helped Republicans maintain their narrow majority in the upper chamber, made history in Tennessee, shook up her own...
