Rose up to $13M in self-funding, Blackburn PAC gets $250K from Anthropic in TN gov primary last days

By: Adam Friedman

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 475

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago


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Cookeville U.S. Rep. John Rose loaned his gubernatorial campaign an additional $4 million in the final days of the Republican primary, bringing his total in self-funding to $13 million.

For U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn the Tennessee Freedom Fund and Team Tennessee political action committees, PACs, backing her bid have consolidated under one entity after raising a total of $12 million this cycle so far. This includes a recent donation of $250,000 from San Francisco-based …

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