Senator · NC · Republican · since Jan 2015

Thom Tillis

Bills authored 23Missed votes 23 of 214Party unity 68% derived

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

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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 Congress}^{Source 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

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The path here

1960
Born in Jacksonville, Florida.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis}
1996
Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland University College.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis}
2003
Elected as a town commissioner in Cornelius, North Carolina.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis}
2007-15
Served in the North Carolina House of Representatives.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis}
2015-Present
Serves as a United States senator from North Carolina.^{Source 1: Thom Tillis — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Thom Tillis}

89.25% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Thom Tillis — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Thom Tilliswikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

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

11.8YRS

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

1960 Born in Jacksonville, Florida.
1996 Earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland University College.
2003 Elected as a town commissioner in Cornelius, North Carolina.
2007-15 Served in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
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.

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Votes by issue.

72 issues · 4 with both halves · 43 with one · 25 with neither

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Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Thom Tillis voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Thom Tillis.

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, 2026Lagged · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

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

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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%

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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.

Cite this page

Civic Herald. “Thom Tillis: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/thom-tillis-T000476.

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