Blackburn backer seeks investigation into dark-money ads against gubernatorial candidate

By: Sam Stockard, Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 749

Last Updated: 5 days, 1 hour ago

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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 running ads critical of Blackburn since around June 10, failed to file reports with the Tennessee Registry of Election …

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