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Thom Tillis

2nd term · 11.7 years in office: 1 full term completed, 1 in progress.

Senator · NC · Republican · since Jan 2015

Thom Tillis

Bills authored 23Missed votes 23 of 214Party unity 68% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 214 roll calls and 208 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Thomas Roland Tillis was born in 1960 in Jacksonville, Florida, and was the oldest boy among six children.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis He attended Chattanooga State Community College and earned a bachelor's degree in technology management from the University of Maryland University College in 1996.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis He worked for Wang Laboratories and Price Waterhouse, where he became a partner, before taking a position at IBM in 2002.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

Tillis began his political career on the Cornelius park board in 2002 and served as a town commissioner.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2006, serving as speaker from 2011 to 2015.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis He was elected to the United States Senate in 2014 and reelected in 2020.Source 1: Thom Tillis — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

In their own words

“In addition to actually having experience with legislating, ratifying, and implementing voter ID law in North Carolina, I also happened to be a partner at Pricewaterhouse, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and IBM Global Business Services. My entire career has been founded on implementation.”

Congressional Record · Jul 16, 2026 · Source

One rule for every member: their most recent dated, linkable statement about themselves.

The path here

  1. 1960

    Born in Jacksonville, Florida.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

  2. 1996

    Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland University College.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

  3. 2003

    Elected as a town commissioner in Cornelius, North Carolina.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

  4. 2007-15

    Served in the North Carolina House of Representatives.Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

  5. 2015-Present

    Serves as a United States senator from North Carolina.Source 1: Thom Tillis — Biographical Directory of the United States CongressSource 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis

89.25% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

  1. 1Thom Tillis — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
  2. 3Wikipedia: Thom Tilliswikipediaopen source archived copy
Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

11.7YRS

In office · 2nd term · since Jan 2015

We hold certified results for U.S. House seats only.

89.25%

Attendance

senate median 98.13% (100 members)

Not a candidate in any election we track.

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

  1. 1960 Born in Jacksonville, Florida.
  2. 1996 Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland University College.
  3. 2003 Elected as a town commissioner in Cornelius, North Carolina.
  4. 2007-15 Served in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
  5. 2015-Present Serves as a United States senator from North Carolina.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsSenate Committee on FinanceSenate Committee on the JudiciarySenate Committee on Veterans' AffairsSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection subcommittee chairSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property subcommittee chairSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Border Security and Immigration subcommitteeSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Digital Assets subcommitteeSenate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs · Economic Policy subcommitteeSenate Committee on the Judiciary · Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Health Care subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness subcommitteeSenate Committee on Finance · Taxation and IRS Oversight subcommittee23 bills authored · 1 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated; voted 50 of 100 toward FISCAL RESTRAINT.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated; voted 51 of 100 toward STRICTER ENFORCEMENT.
  • Immigration: not yet stated; voted 76 of 100 toward TIGHTER LIMITS.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated; voted 55 of 100 toward INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated; voted 40 of 100 toward CONSERVE & PROTECT.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated; voted 33 of 100 toward DISCLOSURE & AUDIT.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. ○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted. Select a cluster to open its issues.

GapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$4.7MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $125.0K · 38 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$1.5M · 31.5%
  • Itemized individual$2.5M · 53.5%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$120.4K · 2.6%
  • All other$587.7K · 12.5%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)0.387
Social (dim 2)-0.116

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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