
Thom Tillis
Republican · NC · U.S. Senate
Bio
Thomas Roland Tillis is an American businessman and politician who has served as a United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. From 2007 to 2015, Tillis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, of which he was speaker from 2011 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 11.6 years
- First took office
- 2015 (2 terms)
- Seniority
- 64 of 100 by time served
- Age
- 65
- Senate class
- 2 · senior senator
- Greenville, NC · 252-329-0371
- Hendersonville, NC · 828-693-8750
- Raleigh, NC · 919-856-4630
- Greensboro, NC · 336-885-0685
- Charlotte, NC · 704-509-9087
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $3.5M – $10.6M
- Liabilities
- $200k – $500k
- Net worth
- $3.0M – $10.4M
- Since 2018
- +$1.2M
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Thom Tillis's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Thom Tillis (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Tillissits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Committees
- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europecenter · 9 members
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairscenter · 24 members
- Senate Committee on Financecenter · 27 members
- Senate Committee on the Judiciarycenter · 22 members
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairscenter · 19 members
Most and least aligned members
Treating Tillis's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
- North Carolina Senate race between Cooper, Whatley tightens: Poll
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is maintaining his lead over former Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley in the state’s Senate race, according to a new poll released Friday. A High Point University Poll found the Democratic cand…
Freerepublic.com · August 22, 2026
Whatley Within Striking Distance of Defeating Roy Cooper in North CarolinaRepublican Michael Whatley is within striking distance of former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper in the race for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, according to a new High Point University poll released Friday. The race is for the seat currently held by R…
Biztoc.com · August 21, 2026
Dems Are Looking Good in North Carolina—or Are They?You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free.Inside WashingtonDems are looking good in North Carolina—or are they?If Democrats want to take back…
The New Republic · August 19, 2026
Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills with South KoreaRepublican Senator Thom Tillis says the decision allows North Korea to provide more support to Russia in Ukraine.
Al Jazeera English · August 17, 2026
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