U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) gubernatorial campaign reported raising $1,230,000 during the first quarter of 2026, bringing Blackburn’s total fundraising haul to $6,730,000 since the launch of her campaign last August.
Blackburn’s campaign said the funds raised in the first quarter of 2026 came from nearly 15,000 contributors.
“Thank you to every single person who has supported our campaign, be it through prayers, sharing our conservative vision for Tennessee’s future, or the financial support that makes our campaign possible,” Blackburn said in a statement.
“Tennessee’s values and our conservative vision for the Volunteer State are worth fighting for, and every single penny helps us ensure that together, we can make Tennessee America’s conservative leader,” she added.
Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, who serves as Blackburn’s campaign treasurer, said the campaign’s latest fundraising report shows that the support behind Blackburn is “a grassroots movement.”
“As our next Governor, Marsha Blackburn will continue her fight for conservative values, bringing unprecedented growth and prosperity to Tennessee. Her momentum grows each day, and it’s not slowing down anytime soon,” Jacobs added.
Friday’s latest fundraising report comes after Blackburn’s campaign reported receiving more than 33,000 individual contributions totaling a record $5,500,000 in the five months following its official launch, a volume so large that the campaign said at the time strained Tennessee’s online campaign-finance reporting system.
Blackburn’s updated fundraising numbers come as she continues to dominate the Republican primary field, according to multiple polls.
A poll released last month by Cygnal shows Blackburn with a commanding lead in the GOP primary, capturing 58 percent of the vote. In comparison, U.S. Representative John Rose (R-TN-06) garnered 7 percent while State Representative Monty Fritts (R-Kingston) captured 4 percent. The survey also found that 30 percent of voters remain undecided.
Furthermore, a poll conducted in February by Tennesseans for Student Success found Blackburn earning 60.6 percent support in the GOP primary, far ahead of Rose at 8.1 percent and Fritts at 5.1 percent, with just over 26 percent of voters undecided.
Similarly, a separate survey from the Beacon Center of Tennessee released in early February showed Blackburn leading Rose by 47 points and Fritts by 49 points.
Rose’s campaign, which had not released updated fundraising numbers as of press time, reported a total fundraising haul of $6.4 million from the time the congressman launched his gubernatorial bid in March 2025 to the end of the year, while Fritts’ campaign reported raising less than $200,000 since its launch in September through the end of the year.
The Republican primary for the 2026 Tennessee gubernatorial election will be held on August 6.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
I am so tired of seeing Blackburn’s face. I rue the day she is elected governor. UGH!