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The problem is the email also included Tennessee's official state seal and, for contact information, lists Black's state legislative office phone number and address.

The email also includes the names of the state Republican leadership along the side column of the solicitation, a space often used to list endorsements when it comes to campaign emails.

Black has yet to announce any official endorsements and one Republican whose name appears on the email, state Sen. Jim Tracy, certainly won't be supporting her campaign. He's also running for the GOP nomination in the 6th district.

On Friday evening Black acknowledged sending out the fundraising pitch but said her solicitation did not include Tennessee's seal, any contact information for her legislative office or the list of other Tennessee Republican officials.

"I have no idea why that information would be pasted at the bottom of my letter that went out," Black said. "I don't know how it happened but I'm certainly going to get the bottom of how that all happened."

Update: Black released a statement Friday night taking responsibility for the email.

"After seeing the fundraising solicitation sent earlier today, I realize that it was mistakenly sent on an old email template that had been used for my political correspondence," Black wrote. "I've since corrected the problem and will be using the appropriate Congressional email template for all future correspondence related to this campaign. I apologize for any confusion caused by this honest mistake."