Leaving office January 3, 2027.Did not run for re-election in 2026. This page switches to the former-officeholder layout when the term ends.

RepublicanIn office until January 3, 2027

Thom Tillis

U.S. Senator from North Carolina since 2015. Did not run for re-election in 2026; leaves office in January 2027. Ran in 6 elections between 2006 and 2020, winning 6.

U.S. Senator from North CarolinaBorn 1960

Official website Wikipedia Congress.gov FEC filings

In office: 11 yrs; Since 2015
Bills became law: 1; 60 sponsored, 119th Congress
Votes missed: 12.5%; Chamber median 2.1%
With party: 96%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +1.7; Won 2020
Elections: 6; 2006–2020

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Committees

119th Congress.

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsEconomic PolicyFinancial Institutions and Consumer Protection · ChairmanDigital Assets
Senate Committee on FinanceHealth CareInternational Trade, Customs, and Global CompetitivenessTaxation and IRS Oversight
Senate Committee on the JudiciaryAntitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer RightsFederal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsBorder Security and ImmigrationIntellectual Property · Chairman
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Source: congress-legislators committeesUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 3:00 PM ET

Legislation

119th Congress · 60 sponsored · 1 became law

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S 3705 Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act
Congress · Became law Feb 2026

Source: Congress.gov billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 3:27 PM ET

Voting record

119th Congress · placement by roll-call votes

Where Tillis sits in the U.S. Senate

Tillis is closer to the center than 91% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Josh Hawley, Mitch McConnell, Dan S. Sullivan

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:06 PM ET

With Tillis’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans96%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills35%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Tillis’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Tillis	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Jun 5, 2026	S 2: Secure America Act	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 52–47
Apr 16, 2026	HJRES 140: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,…	No	Yes	No	Passed 50–49
Feb 12, 2026	HJRES 142: Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C.…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 49–47
Jan 30, 2026	HR 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 71–29
Dec 4, 2025	HJRES 131: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code,…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 49–45

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Tillis was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98 U.S. Senate, North Carolina

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2020	U.S. Senate, North Carolina	Won	R+1.7	R+1.4	+0.3
2014	U.S. Senate, North Carolina	Won	R+1.6	R+2.1	−0.5
2012	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98	Won	—	—	—
2010	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98	Won	—	—	—
2008	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98	Won	—	—	—
2006	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 98	Won	—	—	—