Rose primarily self-funding as Blackburn leads governors candidates in donations made by Tennesseans

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: July 17, 2026

Words: 614

Last Updated: 2 days, 13 hours ago

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U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn has raised money from over 6,000 Tennesseans, outpacing her Republican gubernatorial rivals U.S. Rep. John Rose and state Rep. Monty Fritts in the number of individual contributions by a wide margin.

Rose has raised money from around 1,400 people. Overall, his campaign has raised $10.8 million but that includes almost $9 million in personal loans as of June 30.

Fritts trails the top two, having raised around $255,000 from just over …

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