Pro Bitcoin Senator Marsha Blackburn announces run for Governor Tennessee

Senator Marsha Blackburn, a prominent supporter of US Bitcoin and Crypto innovation, has declared her candidacy for today’s Governor of Tennessee, aiming for a historic victory as the first woman in that role.

Official! I run for the governor to ensure that Tennessee is a conservative leader in America for this and the next generation.

I am honored to have your support. #tngov pic.twitter.com/5pnn8mktjq

– Marsha Blackburn (@votemarsha) August 6, 2025

“We’re creating an energy-producing power that creates the number one job for Tennessee America,” she vowed in a video for the governor’s campaign. “We provide world-class education for our children by empowering parents rather than deep conditions. And deporting illegal aliens, as law respect begins with enforcing it, whether they require an airplane, train or spacecraft.”

Blackburn has established itself as a major voice for crypto innovation through legislative measures and public advocacy. She supports measures to include Bitcoin in her retirement portfolio while opposing central bank digital currencies.

Blackburn is a co-sponsor of innovation, technology and competitiveness through the Optimized Investment (Bitcoin) Act, a Bitcoin Reserve Act created by Senator Cynthia Lummis.

The measure proposes that the US government buy 1 million Bitcoins over five years to create a strategic Bitcoin reserve. To advocate for the bill, Blackburn joined Ramis and other senators, codified the order he had entrusted with setting up President Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve.

Tennessee lawmakers view Bitcoin as an economic and geopolitical strategic asset, using Seed Bitcoin as a “neck egg” to support the US idea, and encourage the choice of federal retirement accounts that provide exposure to Bitcoin ETFs.

Blackburn also advocates Bitcoin as a cost-saving alternative to traditional credit card transactions due to escalating processing fees.