She was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 2002 to represent the 7th Congressional District of Tennessee.
She had previously been elected in 1998 to the Tennessee state senate where she led efforts to prevent the passage of a state income tax championed by Governor Don Sundquist[?].
Rep. Blackburn's web site (http://www.house.gov/blackburn/)
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