[6] Blanchard is also the founder and former senior advisor of B&M Management Company, a real estate investment firm.

[4] Blanchard was nominated as United States Ambassador to Slovenia by President Donald Trump in June 2018.

[8] Blanchard resigned from the post following the inauguration of President Joe Biden and was succeeded by Susan K. Falatko as Charge d'Affaires.

[10] Blanchard's most significant opposition was Representative Mo Brooks, who was, at that point, endorsed by former President Donald Trump.

In November 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was considering endorsing Blanchard if she withdrew her Senate campaign and ran for governor instead.