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Thom Tillis

February 12, 2024

"Thomas Tillis" redirects here. For his brother, see Rick Tillis.

Thomas Roland Tillis[1] (/ˈtɪlɪs/ TIL-iss; born August 30, 1960) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina, a seat he has held since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Tillis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015, and as its speaker from 2011 to 2015.

Thom Tillis
Official portrait, 2022
United States Senator
from North Carolina
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Serving with Ted Budd
Preceded byKay Hagan
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 26, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byJoe Hackney
Succeeded byTim Moore
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 98th district
In office
January 1, 2007 – January 1, 2015
Preceded byJohn Rhodes
Succeeded byJohn Bradford
Personal details
Born
Thomas Roland Tillis

(1960-08-30) August 30, 1960 (age 63)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseSusan Tillis
RelationsRick Tillis (brother)
Children2
Residence(s)Huntersville, North Carolina, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Maryland University College (BS)
WebsiteSenate website
Thom Tillis's voice
Thom Tillis on his opposition to a National Emergency Declaration on the Southern Border
Recorded February 26, 2019

As speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Tillis led the Republican effort to block the expansion of Medicaid and worked to introduce restrictions on abortion, stringent voting requirements, and a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Tillis was elected to the Senate in 2014, defeating Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan,[2] and reelected in 2020, defeating Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham.[3][4] He became the state's senior U.S. senator when Richard Burr retired in 2023.

In the Senate, Tillis has sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act, proposed a 15-year pathway to citizenship for some undocumented youth as a more conservative alternative to the bipartisan DREAM Act, and voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which provided state funding for red flag laws, crises intervention orders and school safety resources. Tillis initially opposed President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to divert funding to a border wall, but voted for it after pressure from his party. His views on same-sex marriage evolved over time, and in 2022 he voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law.

Early life and education edit

Tillis was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of Margie and Thomas Raymond Tillis, a boat draftsman.[5] He was the oldest boy among six children, with three older sisters. Tillis, his father, and his two brothers are all named Thomas Tillis.[6] One of his brothers, Thomas "Rick" Tillis, served in the Tennessee House of Representatives. By age 17, his family had moved 20 times, and Tillis never attended the same school in consecutive years, living in New Orleans and Nashville, among other places.[7]

Following his 1978 graduation from high school, Tillis left home to get a job.[8] He then attended Chattanooga State Community College before receiving a Bachelor of Science in technology management from the University of Maryland University College in 1996.[7][8][9]

Career edit

After high school, Tillis worked at Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co. in Chattanooga, Tennessee, helping computerize records in conjunction with Wang Laboratories, a computer company in Boston.[9] Wang eventually hired Tillis to work in its Boston office.[9] He spent two and a half years there before being transferred back to Chattanooga, and then Atlanta.[9] In 1990, he was recruited to work for accounting and consulting firm Price Waterhouse.[9][10] In 1996, Tillis was promoted to partner.[5] In 1998, he and his family moved to Cornelius, North Carolina.[7]

PricewaterhouseCoopers sold its consulting arm to IBM in 2002[11] and Tillis went to IBM as well.[5] Tillis began his political career in 2002 in Cornelius, as he pushed for a local bike trail and was elected to the town's park board. He ran for town commissioner in 2003 and tied for second place.[7]

North Carolina House of Representatives edit

After a two-year term as town commissioner, Tillis ran for the General Assembly in 2006. He defeated incumbent John W. Rhodes in the Republican primary and went on to win the election unopposed.[8] Tillis was reelected unopposed in 2008, 2010 and 2012. He formally left IBM in 2009.[7] He was campaign chairman for the House Republican Caucus in 2010. After Republicans won a majority in the North Carolina House for the first time since 1998, Tillis was chosen as Speaker, the fifth Republican to hold the role, and was unanimously reelected in 2013.[12][13] Governing magazine named Tillis and North Carolina Senate President pro tempore Phil Berger "GOP Legislators to Watch" in 2011.[14]

The state house overseen by Tillis restructured the state's tax code,[15] redrew North Carolina's congressional districts,[16][17] and passed legislation to sunset existing state rules and regulations and limit new regulations to ten years.[18]

After Republican Pat McCrory was elected governor in 2012, Tillis presided over legislation reducing early voting days, invalidating ballots cast outside one's precinct, and requiring specific kinds of photo ID in order to vote.[19][20] A top Tillis aide had previously requested data on photo ID ownership by race, which showed that black people would be significantly more likely than white people to become unable to vote if such legislation passed. Tillis said he requested the data to ensure the bill would not violate federal laws against discrimination.[19] The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the restrictions, writing in its opinion that they "target African Americans with almost surgical precision".[19]

In 2014, 14 people protesting cuts to the earned income tax credits program and Tillis's refusal to expand Medicaid were arrested after staging a sit-in in his office.[21][22][23]

U.S. Senate edit

Elections edit

 
Tillis freshman portrait (2015)

2014 edit

Main article: 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina

In 2014, Tillis announced that he would not seek reelection to the state House, instead running for U.S. Senate against first-term Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan.[24] In the Republican primary, he was endorsed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush,[25] then-North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory,[26] former presidential candidate Mitt Romney,[27] and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.[28] The New York Times called Tillis a "favorite of the party establishment."[29]

During his primary campaign, Tillis skipped four candidate forums and one of three televised primary debates in an effort to avoid lesser-known rivals, and to cement his image as the "inevitable nominee".[30][31] Tillis was criticized during the Republican primary for raising money from groups lobbying the state House.[32][33] On May 6, he won the nomination with 45.68% of the vote over Greg Brannon and Mark Harris, described as a victory for the Republican establishment over the insurgent Tea Party movement.[34][35]

Tillis was announced the winner of the Senate race on November 4. He received 48.8% of the vote, the lowest winning total in North Carolina history for a U.S. Senate candidate; Hagan garnered 47.3%.[36][37]

During the 2014 campaign, the Tillis campaign and the North Carolina Republican Party paid $345,000 to the data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica to microtarget voters.[38] The company later touted their work on Tillis's campaign, including "psychographic profiles for all voters in North Carolina" that enabled "tailored messages" for particular audiences.[38] Tillis's connections to the firm were scrutinized after revelations that its data had been illicitly harvested from Facebook.[38][39][40]

In the 2014 election, Tillis received $22,888,975 in "dark money", which constituted 81% of non-party outside spending in support.[41][42] OpenSecrets placed the final cost of outside spending at $8.5 million for Hagan and $35.5 million attacking Tillis, and $13.7 million for Tillis and $20.9 million attacking Hagan, placing the totals by candidate at $44 million for Hagan, and $34.6 million for Tillis.[43]

2020 edit

Main article: 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina

Tillis ran for and won reelection in 2020. He was challenged in the Republican primaries by conservative businessman Garland Tucker, who spent $1.3 million to finance his campaign before dropping out in December 2019, after Trump endorsed all incumbent Republican senators up for election in 2020, including Tillis.[44][45] Tillis won the March 3 Republican primary and faced Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham in the November general election.[46] Cunningham led Tillis in the polls for most of the year. In October 2020, Cunningham acknowledged having an extramarital affair and his lead in the polls was reduced to less than two points before election day.[3] Tillis received 48.7% of the vote to Cunningham's 46.9%.[47]

Tenure edit

After the release of the Access Hollywood tape during the 2016 United States presidential election, Tillis called Trump's comments "indefensible".[48] According to Politico, he "began the Trump era by negotiating with Democrats on immigration and co-authoring legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller" but has increasingly aligned himself with the president due to pressure from his party.[49][48] While occasionally criticizing Trump's tone, Tillis said in 2017 that he had "not deviated once from any nomination or any vote that the president happens to be supportive of" and has voted with Trump's stated positions 90% of the time as of January 2021.[48][50][51]

In 2016, Tillis opposed filling the then Supreme Court vacancy until after the election, adding the nomination "would be best left to the next president."[52] With around seven months until the 2016 presidential election, Tillis argued that the United States was "in the middle of a presidential election, and the Senate majority is giving the American people a voice to determine the direction of the Supreme Court". In September 2020, with less than two months to the next presidential election, Tillis supported an immediate vote on President Trump's nominee.[53] The day after Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, he said Trump would pick a "well-qualified and conservative jurist" while Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would pick a "liberal activist".[54]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Tillis apologized after he was spotted not wearing a face mask in a crowd during Trump's acceptance speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention, saying “I fell short of my own standard”.[55][56] He was criticized after he suggested that Hispanic people were harder hit because they were less likely to wear masks and practice social distancing.[57][58][59] Tillis tested positive for COVID-19 on October 2, 2020, after a White House event.[60][61] He broadly supported Governor Roy Cooper's handling of COVID-19, an unusual stance for a prominent North Carolina Republican.[62] He also took a stance against claims that North Carolina's COVID-19 case increases were due to migrants entering the state, saying, "the biggest factor right now is we have far too many people who are refusing to get the vaccine."[63]

Political positions edit

Abortion edit

Tillis opposes abortion.[64] In 2011, while speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, he helped the House pass a law, later struck down by the courts, requiring abortion providers to perform an ultrasound on women seeking abortions four hours before the procedure.[65][66] When the law was struck down, Tillis said that the ultrasound provision was "the most critical part of the law" and that the decision should be appealed.[66] In 2012, he voted to defund Planned Parenthood in North Carolina.[67][68]

In 2013, Tillis supported a motorcycle safety bill that had been surreptitiously amended to include restrictions on abortion.[69][70][48]

In 2014, a Tillis spokesman told The Washington Post that Tillis would support a personhood bill if it were brought to the Senate floor, but only if abortion would continue to be legal "in cases of rape, incest and when the life of the mother is in danger" and if women would continue to "have access to contraceptives."[71]

Economic policy edit

In a 2011 speech, Tillis said, "What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance" by getting people who "had no choice" but to receive public assistance "to look down at these people who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government."[72][73][70] After a video of the speech was publicized three years later while he was running for the US Senate, Tillis faced some blowback, with some likening the comment to Mitt Romney's "47%" remark.[72] Tillis said he regretted the phrasing "divide and conquer" but defended the remark's substance.[73]

In 2014, Tillis opposed increasing the federal minimum wage, and declined to comment on increasing North Carolina's minimum wage from $7.25 an hour after opposing the idea in 2010.[74][75][76] He suggested the government should not set a minimum wage at all, calling it an "artificial threshold" that "drives up costs" and could reduce jobs.[75]

In 2015, Tillis illustrated his attitude towards regulation by saying coffee-shop companies should be able to "opt out" of hand-washing regulations "as long as they post a sign that says, 'We don't require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom.' The market will take care of that."[77][78][79][80]

In January 2018, Tillis was one of 36 Republican senators to sign a letter to Trump requesting he preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement.[81]

Environment edit

In 2007, Tillis voted in favor of a measure to give North Carolina a renewable portfolio standard; the state is now second in solar energy production.[51] During his first speech on the Senate floor, in 2015, Tillis called for opening up the United States' Atlantic coast for offshore drilling.[51][82] He opposed the Clean Power Plan and supported Trump's rollback of it.[51][83] In 2017, he called on Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.[51][84][85][86]

In 2014, Tillis denied that climate change was occurring.[51] In 2015, he voted against an amendment acknowledging its existence and the contribution of human activity.[87] In 2018, Tillis said he believed climate change is happening and that humans may contribute to it, but remained unclear about whether he agrees with the scientific consensus on climate change that it is human-caused.[88][89] In his 2020 Senate campaign, InsideClimate News described Tillis as trying to "remake himself as a moderate proponent of market-based climate solutions" despite a "record as a fossil fuel advocate closely aligned with Trump".[51]

In November 2017, Tillis opposed Trump's nomination of Michael Dourson for an EPA role.[90] In 2019, Tillis was one of 20 senators to sign a letter asking the EPA to regulate the amount of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, after reports that they would not.[91][92]

Tillis holds a 9% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters.[51]

Foreign policy edit

In 2017, Tillis was one of 21 senators to sign a letter condemning the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.[93] In 2020, he expressed support for the US military's assassination of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani by drone strike at the Baghdad International Airport.[94][95]

Gun policy edit

In the state House, Tillis supported an overhaul of gun laws allowing concealed weapons to be carried in restaurants and parks.[96] He has an "A+" rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF),[97] which spent $4.4 million during his 2014 Senate campaign, half in support of Tillis and half in opposition to Hagan.[96][98][99] As of 2018, Tillis was the third-largest beneficiary of NRA funding in Congress.[96][99]

After the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Tillis voted for Republican bills to increase funding for the federal background check system and delay gun sales for 72 hours for individuals on the terrorist watchlist, but against Democratic bills to ban individuals on the terrorist watchlist from purchasing a gun and require background checks at gun shows and during online sales.[100]

In 2022, Tillis was one of 15 Republican senators to support the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which involved funding for state red flag provisions and crisis intervention orders, funding for school safety resources, stronger background checks for buyers under age 21, and penalties for straw purchases.[101]

Health care edit

Tillis opposes the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and has repeatedly voted to repeal it.[102][103][104] In the state House of Representatives, he led the Republican effort to block the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina.[48][103][105] As the legislation prevents a governor from expanding the program,[103][48] North Carolina remains one of only 12 states not to have done so as of September 2020.[105] Tillis has said that health care is "not a government responsibility" and that he will "do everything in his power to overturn Obamacare."[106]

In 2018, amid attempts to repeal the ACA, Tillis introduced legislation to compensate for the ACA's requirement that insurers cover people with preexisting conditions. The bill was criticized for containing loopholes that exempted insurers from covering issues related to preexisting conditions and for failing to match the ACA's protections against discrimination.[107][102][103] Tillis subsequently backtracked and said he could make improvements to the bill, and that it was merely intended to start a discussion.[107]

Immigration edit

In 2017, amid moves by Trump to cancel DACA, Tillis proposed legislation to allow some undocumented youth brought to the U.S. as children to apply for renewable five-year residency, and eventually citizenship, as a more conservative alternative to the bipartisan DREAM Act. High school graduates under 31 would be eligible on conditions including regular employment, military service, or engagement in higher education. Unlike the DREAM Act, it would be possible to apply for citizenship only after 15 years, and the bill would prevent those who had become citizens from petitioning to grant residency to immediate family members, as well as require temporary visa recipients to waive their right to a hearing in case of a term violation.[108][109][110]

In February 2019, Tillis wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post opposing Trump's national emergency declaration concerning the southern border, which diverted funding from the Department of Defense to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico.[111] He wrote, "I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress."[111] Tillis faced pressure from Trump and conservatives to support the emergency declaration, and some conservatives proposed a primary challenge against Tillis in 2020.[112][113] A week after making a statement reiterating his opposition, Tillis reversed his position and voted for Trump's declaration.[114][115][105]

Internet, technology and copyright edit

Tillis opposes net neutrality.[116] In 2017, he co-sponsored the Restoring Internet Freedom Act, a bill to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet Order.[117] In March 2017, Tillis voted for the Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal that removed the FCC's internet privacy rules and allowed internet service providers to sell customers' browsing history without their permission.[118]

In May 2020, Tillis voted against an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to bar warrantless surveillance of web browser history.[119] In April 2020, Tillis, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee's intellectual property panel, wrote that he was concerned that the Internet Archive's "National Emergency Library" initiative, which temporarily expanded access to its 1.4 million-book collection during the COVID-19 shutdown, violated copyright law. He argued that the Internet Archive was deciding to "re-write copyright law at the expense of authors, artists, and creators"; the Internet Archive argued that it was a licensed library in the state of California and that the Copyright Act of 1976 "provides flexibility to libraries and others to adjust to changing circumstances."[120]

Tillis inserted an amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to make the unauthorized commercial streaming of copyrighted material a felony. Under this amendment, people and service providers would face up to three years in prison for unlawfully transmitting copyrighted material.[121][122]

LGBT rights edit

In 2012, Tillis, then speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, played a leading role in pushing for North Carolina Amendment 1, a state constitutional amendment that banned same-sex marriage and civil unions.[72][123][124][125] In 2014, he appealed a ruling that it was unconstitutional.[126][127][123] After the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which recognized a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, Tillis announced that he would oppose the ruling in his role as speaker. That stance was unusual among major elected North Carolina Republican officials at the time. Others, including then-Governor Pat McCrory, accepted the ruling.[128][better source needed]

In 2015, in the Senate, Tillis voted for an amendment to a non-binding resolution that would allow same-sex married couples living in states that do not recognize same-sex marriage to have access to government resources.[125][124]

In July 2022, Tillis said that he would "probably" support a bipartisan bill to codify same-sex marriage in the U.S.[129] (In 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that bans on same-sex marriage violated the U.S. Constitution.)[130] Tillis later expressed support for a same-sex marriage bill.[131][132][133] In November 2022, Tillis called the Senate's same-sex marriage bill "'a good compromise... based on mutual respect for our fellow Americans'".[134] On November 29, 2022,[135] Tillis voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which passed the Senate and was enacted. The law repealed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and codified rights to same-sex and interracial marriage into federal law.[136]

2021 storming of the United States Capitol edit

On May 28, 2021, Tillis voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[137] In August 2021, he said, "many involved needed to be held accountable and go to prison."[63]

Whistleblowing edit

Since 2015, Tillis has been a member of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus.[138] The caucus was launched by a bipartisan group of senators in 2015 to raise awareness of the need for adequate protections against retaliation for private-sector and government employees who call attention to wrongdoing. It works to foster bipartisan discussion of legislative issues affecting the treatment of whistleblowers and serves as a clearinghouse for information on whistleblower developments of interest in the Senate.[138][139]

Personal life edit

Tillis and his wife, Susan, live in Huntersville, North Carolina, and have two children.[140] Tillis previously twice married and twice divorced his high school sweetheart.[72] He used to live in Cornelius, North Carolina, where he was elected to the town council.[141] His brother, Rick, was a state representative in Tennessee.[142]

On March 29, 2021, Tillis announced he had prostate cancer and would be undergoing surgery and treatment.[143] Tillis said he had no symptoms and the cancer was discovered during a routine annual physical. He encouraged all men to have regular prostate health screenings.[144]

Electoral history edit

Main article: Electoral history of Thom Tillis

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External links edit

  • Senator Thom Tillis official U.S. Senate website
  • Campaign website
  • Thom Tillis at Curlie
  • Appearances on C-SPAN
North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 98th district
2007–2015 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
2011–2015 		Succeeded by
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from North Carolina
(Class 2)
2014, 2020 		Most recent
U.S. Senate
Preceded by U.S. Senator (Class 2) from North Carolina
2015–present
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Preceded byas United States Senator from New Jersey Order of precedence of the United States
as United States Senator from North Carolina
since October 31, 2013 		Succeeded byas United States Senator from Arkansas
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thom, tillis, thomas, tillis, redirects, here, brother, rick, tillis, thomas, roland, tillis, born, august, 1960, american, politician, serving, senior, united, states, senator, from, north, carolina, seat, held, since, 2015, member, republican, party, tillis,. Thomas Tillis redirects here For his brother see Rick Tillis Thomas Roland Tillis 1 ˈ t ɪ l ɪ s TIL iss born August 30 1960 is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina a seat he has held since 2015 A member of the Republican Party Tillis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015 and as its speaker from 2011 to 2015 Thom TillisOfficial portrait 2022United States Senatorfrom North CarolinaIncumbentAssumed office January 3 2015Serving with Ted BuddPreceded byKay HaganSpeaker of the North Carolina House of RepresentativesIn office January 26 2011 January 3 2015Preceded byJoe HackneySucceeded byTim MooreMember of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 98th districtIn office January 1 2007 January 1 2015Preceded byJohn RhodesSucceeded byJohn BradfordPersonal detailsBornThomas Roland Tillis 1960 08 30 August 30 1960 age 63 Jacksonville Florida U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseSusan TillisRelationsRick Tillis brother Children2Residence s Huntersville North Carolina U S EducationUniversity of Maryland University College BS WebsiteSenate websiteThom Tillis s voice source source Thom Tillis on his opposition to a National Emergency Declaration on the Southern BorderRecorded February 26 2019As speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tillis led the Republican effort to block the expansion of Medicaid and worked to introduce restrictions on abortion stringent voting requirements and a constitutional amendment banning same sex marriage Tillis was elected to the Senate in 2014 defeating Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan 2 and reelected in 2020 defeating Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham 3 4 He became the state s senior U S senator when Richard Burr retired in 2023 In the Senate Tillis has sought to repeal the Affordable Care Act proposed a 15 year pathway to citizenship for some undocumented youth as a more conservative alternative to the bipartisan DREAM Act and voted for the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which provided state funding for red flag laws crises intervention orders and school safety resources Tillis initially opposed President Donald Trump s national emergency declaration to divert funding to a border wall but voted for it after pressure from his party His views on same sex marriage evolved over time and in 2022 he voted for the Respect for Marriage Act which repealed the Defense of Marriage Act and codified same sex and interracial marriage into federal law Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 North Carolina House of Representatives 3 U S Senate 3 1 Elections 3 1 1 2014 3 1 2 2020 3 2 Tenure 4 Political positions 4 1 Abortion 4 2 Economic policy 4 3 Environment 4 4 Foreign policy 4 5 Gun policy 4 6 Health care 4 7 Immigration 4 8 Internet technology and copyright 4 9 LGBT rights 4 10 2021 storming of the United States Capitol 4 11 Whistleblowing 5 Personal life 6 Electoral history 7 References 8 External linksEarly life and education editTillis was born in Jacksonville Florida the son of Margie and Thomas Raymond Tillis a boat draftsman 5 He was the oldest boy among six children with three older sisters Tillis his father and his two brothers are all named Thomas Tillis 6 One of his brothers Thomas Rick Tillis served in the Tennessee House of Representatives By age 17 his family had moved 20 times and Tillis never attended the same school in consecutive years living in New Orleans and Nashville among other places 7 Following his 1978 graduation from high school Tillis left home to get a job 8 He then attended Chattanooga State Community College before receiving a Bachelor of Science in technology management from the University of Maryland University College in 1996 7 8 9 Career editAfter high school Tillis worked at Provident Life and Accident Insurance Co in Chattanooga Tennessee helping computerize records in conjunction with Wang Laboratories a computer company in Boston 9 Wang eventually hired Tillis to work in its Boston office 9 He spent two and a half years there before being transferred back to Chattanooga and then Atlanta 9 In 1990 he was recruited to work for accounting and consulting firm Price Waterhouse 9 10 In 1996 Tillis was promoted to partner 5 In 1998 he and his family moved to Cornelius North Carolina 7 PricewaterhouseCoopers sold its consulting arm to IBM in 2002 11 and Tillis went to IBM as well 5 Tillis began his political career in 2002 in Cornelius as he pushed for a local bike trail and was elected to the town s park board He ran for town commissioner in 2003 and tied for second place 7 North Carolina House of Representatives edit After a two year term as town commissioner Tillis ran for the General Assembly in 2006 He defeated incumbent John W Rhodes in the Republican primary and went on to win the election unopposed 8 Tillis was reelected unopposed in 2008 2010 and 2012 He formally left IBM in 2009 7 He was campaign chairman for the House Republican Caucus in 2010 After Republicans won a majority in the North Carolina House for the first time since 1998 Tillis was chosen as Speaker the fifth Republican to hold the role and was unanimously reelected in 2013 12 13 Governing magazine named Tillis and North Carolina Senate President pro tempore Phil Berger GOP Legislators to Watch in 2011 14 The state house overseen by Tillis restructured the state s tax code 15 redrew North Carolina s congressional districts 16 17 and passed legislation to sunset existing state rules and regulations and limit new regulations to ten years 18 After Republican Pat McCrory was elected governor in 2012 Tillis presided over legislation reducing early voting days invalidating ballots cast outside one s precinct and requiring specific kinds of photo ID in order to vote 19 20 A top Tillis aide had previously requested data on photo ID ownership by race which showed that black people would be significantly more likely than white people to become unable to vote if such legislation passed Tillis said he requested the data to ensure the bill would not violate federal laws against discrimination 19 The U S Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the restrictions writing in its opinion that they target African Americans with almost surgical precision 19 In 2014 14 people protesting cuts to the earned income tax credits program and Tillis s refusal to expand Medicaid were arrested after staging a sit in in his office 21 22 23 U S Senate editElections edit nbsp Tillis freshman portrait 2015 2014 edit Main article 2014 United States Senate election in North Carolina In 2014 Tillis announced that he would not seek reelection to the state House instead running for U S Senate against first term Democratic incumbent Kay Hagan 24 In the Republican primary he was endorsed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush 25 then North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory 26 former presidential candidate Mitt Romney 27 and the U S Chamber of Commerce 28 The New York Times called Tillis a favorite of the party establishment 29 During his primary campaign Tillis skipped four candidate forums and one of three televised primary debates in an effort to avoid lesser known rivals and to cement his image as the inevitable nominee 30 31 Tillis was criticized during the Republican primary for raising money from groups lobbying the state House 32 33 On May 6 he won the nomination with 45 68 of the vote over Greg Brannon and Mark Harris described as a victory for the Republican establishment over the insurgent Tea Party movement 34 35 Tillis was announced the winner of the Senate race on November 4 He received 48 8 of the vote the lowest winning total in North Carolina history for a U S Senate candidate Hagan garnered 47 3 36 37 During the 2014 campaign the Tillis campaign and the North Carolina Republican Party paid 345 000 to the data analysis firm Cambridge Analytica to microtarget voters 38 The company later touted their work on Tillis s campaign including psychographic profiles for all voters in North Carolina that enabled tailored messages for particular audiences 38 Tillis s connections to the firm were scrutinized after revelations that its data had been illicitly harvested from Facebook 38 39 40 In the 2014 election Tillis received 22 888 975 in dark money which constituted 81 of non party outside spending in support 41 42 OpenSecrets placed the final cost of outside spending at 8 5 million for Hagan and 35 5 million attacking Tillis and 13 7 million for Tillis and 20 9 million attacking Hagan placing the totals by candidate at 44 million for Hagan and 34 6 million for Tillis 43 2020 edit Main article 2020 United States Senate election in North Carolina Tillis ran for and won reelection in 2020 He was challenged in the Republican primaries by conservative businessman Garland Tucker who spent 1 3 million to finance his campaign before dropping out in December 2019 after Trump endorsed all incumbent Republican senators up for election in 2020 including Tillis 44 45 Tillis won the March 3 Republican primary and faced Democratic nominee Cal Cunningham in the November general election 46 Cunningham led Tillis in the polls for most of the year In October 2020 Cunningham acknowledged having an extramarital affair and his lead in the polls was reduced to less than two points before election day 3 Tillis received 48 7 of the vote to Cunningham s 46 9 47 Tenure edit After the release of the Access Hollywood tape during the 2016 United States presidential election Tillis called Trump s comments indefensible 48 According to Politico he began the Trump era by negotiating with Democrats on immigration and co authoring legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller but has increasingly aligned himself with the president due to pressure from his party 49 48 While occasionally criticizing Trump s tone Tillis said in 2017 that he had not deviated once from any nomination or any vote that the president happens to be supportive of and has voted with Trump s stated positions 90 of the time as of January 2021 48 50 51 In 2016 Tillis opposed filling the then Supreme Court vacancy until after the election adding the nomination would be best left to the next president 52 With around seven months until the 2016 presidential election Tillis argued that the United States was in the middle of a presidential election and the Senate majority is giving the American people a voice to determine the direction of the Supreme Court In September 2020 with less than two months to the next presidential election Tillis supported an immediate vote on President Trump s nominee 53 The day after Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg s death he said Trump would pick a well qualified and conservative jurist while Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would pick a liberal activist 54 Amid the COVID 19 pandemic Tillis apologized after he was spotted not wearing a face mask in a crowd during Trump s acceptance speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention saying I fell short of my own standard 55 56 He was criticized after he suggested that Hispanic people were harder hit because they were less likely to wear masks and practice social distancing 57 58 59 Tillis tested positive for COVID 19 on October 2 2020 after a White House event 60 61 He broadly supported Governor Roy Cooper s handling of COVID 19 an unusual stance for a prominent North Carolina Republican 62 He also took a stance against claims that North Carolina s COVID 19 case increases were due to migrants entering the state saying the biggest factor right now is we have far too many people who are refusing to get the vaccine 63 Political positions editAbortion edit Tillis opposes abortion 64 In 2011 while speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives he helped the House pass a law later struck down by the courts requiring abortion providers to perform an ultrasound on women seeking abortions four hours before the procedure 65 66 When the law was struck down Tillis said that the ultrasound provision was the most critical part of the law and that the decision should be appealed 66 In 2012 he voted to defund Planned Parenthood in North Carolina 67 68 In 2013 Tillis supported a motorcycle safety bill that had been surreptitiously amended to include restrictions on abortion 69 70 48 In 2014 a Tillis spokesman told The Washington Post that Tillis would support a personhood bill if it were brought to the Senate floor but only if abortion would continue to be legal in cases of rape incest and when the life of the mother is in danger and if women would continue to have access to contraceptives 71 Economic policy edit In a 2011 speech Tillis said What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance by getting people who had no choice but to receive public assistance to look down at these people who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government 72 73 70 After a video of the speech was publicized three years later while he was running for the US Senate Tillis faced some blowback with some likening the comment to Mitt Romney s 47 remark 72 Tillis said he regretted the phrasing divide and conquer but defended the remark s substance 73 In 2014 Tillis opposed increasing the federal minimum wage and declined to comment on increasing North Carolina s minimum wage from 7 25 an hour after opposing the idea in 2010 74 75 76 He suggested the government should not set a minimum wage at all calling it an artificial threshold that drives up costs and could reduce jobs 75 In 2015 Tillis illustrated his attitude towards regulation by saying coffee shop companies should be able to opt out of hand washing regulations as long as they post a sign that says We don t require our employees to wash their hands after leaving the restroom The market will take care of that 77 78 79 80 In January 2018 Tillis was one of 36 Republican senators to sign a letter to Trump requesting he preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement 81 Environment edit In 2007 Tillis voted in favor of a measure to give North Carolina a renewable portfolio standard the state is now second in solar energy production 51 During his first speech on the Senate floor in 2015 Tillis called for opening up the United States Atlantic coast for offshore drilling 51 82 He opposed the Clean Power Plan and supported Trump s rollback of it 51 83 In 2017 he called on Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement 51 84 85 86 In 2014 Tillis denied that climate change was occurring 51 In 2015 he voted against an amendment acknowledging its existence and the contribution of human activity 87 In 2018 Tillis said he believed climate change is happening and that humans may contribute to it but remained unclear about whether he agrees with the scientific consensus on climate change that it is human caused 88 89 In his 2020 Senate campaign InsideClimate News described Tillis as trying to remake himself as a moderate proponent of market based climate solutions despite a record as a fossil fuel advocate closely aligned with Trump 51 In November 2017 Tillis opposed Trump s nomination of Michael Dourson for an EPA role 90 In 2019 Tillis was one of 20 senators to sign a letter asking the EPA to regulate the amount of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water after reports that they would not 91 92 Tillis holds a 9 lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters 51 Foreign policy edit In 2017 Tillis was one of 21 senators to sign a letter condemning the genocide of the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar 93 In 2020 he expressed support for the US military s assassination of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani by drone strike at the Baghdad International Airport 94 95 Gun policy edit In the state House Tillis supported an overhaul of gun laws allowing concealed weapons to be carried in restaurants and parks 96 He has an A rating from the NRA Political Victory Fund NRA PVF 97 which spent 4 4 million during his 2014 Senate campaign half in support of Tillis and half in opposition to Hagan 96 98 99 As of 2018 Tillis was the third largest beneficiary of NRA funding in Congress 96 99 After the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting Tillis voted for Republican bills to increase funding for the federal background check system and delay gun sales for 72 hours for individuals on the terrorist watchlist but against Democratic bills to ban individuals on the terrorist watchlist from purchasing a gun and require background checks at gun shows and during online sales 100 In 2022 Tillis was one of 15 Republican senators to support the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act which involved funding for state red flag provisions and crisis intervention orders funding for school safety resources stronger background checks for buyers under age 21 and penalties for straw purchases 101 Health care edit Tillis opposes the Affordable Care Act ACA and has repeatedly voted to repeal it 102 103 104 In the state House of Representatives he led the Republican effort to block the expansion of Medicaid in North Carolina 48 103 105 As the legislation prevents a governor from expanding the program 103 48 North Carolina remains one of only 12 states not to have done so as of September 2020 105 Tillis has said that health care is not a government responsibility and that he will do everything in his power to overturn Obamacare 106 In 2018 amid attempts to repeal the ACA Tillis introduced legislation to compensate for the ACA s requirement that insurers cover people with preexisting conditions The bill was criticized for containing loopholes that exempted insurers from covering issues related to preexisting conditions and for failing to match the ACA s protections against discrimination 107 102 103 Tillis subsequently backtracked and said he could make improvements to the bill and that it was merely intended to start a discussion 107 Immigration edit In 2017 amid moves by Trump to cancel DACA Tillis proposed legislation to allow some undocumented youth brought to the U S as children to apply for renewable five year residency and eventually citizenship as a more conservative alternative to the bipartisan DREAM Act High school graduates under 31 would be eligible on conditions including regular employment military service or engagement in higher education Unlike the DREAM Act it would be possible to apply for citizenship only after 15 years and the bill would prevent those who had become citizens from petitioning to grant residency to immediate family members as well as require temporary visa recipients to waive their right to a hearing in case of a term violation 108 109 110 In February 2019 Tillis wrote an op ed in the Washington Post opposing Trump s national emergency declaration concerning the southern border which diverted funding from the Department of Defense to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico 111 He wrote I cannot justify providing the executive with more ways to bypass Congress 111 Tillis faced pressure from Trump and conservatives to support the emergency declaration and some conservatives proposed a primary challenge against Tillis in 2020 112 113 A week after making a statement reiterating his opposition Tillis reversed his position and voted for Trump s declaration 114 115 105 Internet technology and copyright edit Tillis opposes net neutrality 116 In 2017 he co sponsored the Restoring Internet Freedom Act a bill to nullify the Federal Communications Commission s Open Internet Order 117 In March 2017 Tillis voted for the Broadband Consumer Privacy Proposal that removed the FCC s internet privacy rules and allowed internet service providers to sell customers browsing history without their permission 118 In May 2020 Tillis voted against an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to bar warrantless surveillance of web browser history 119 In April 2020 Tillis who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee s intellectual property panel wrote that he was concerned that the Internet Archive s National Emergency Library initiative which temporarily expanded access to its 1 4 million book collection during the COVID 19 shutdown violated copyright law He argued that the Internet Archive was deciding to re write copyright law at the expense of authors artists and creators the Internet Archive argued that it was a licensed library in the state of California and that the Copyright Act of 1976 provides flexibility to libraries and others to adjust to changing circumstances 120 Tillis inserted an amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to make the unauthorized commercial streaming of copyrighted material a felony Under this amendment people and service providers would face up to three years in prison for unlawfully transmitting copyrighted material 121 122 LGBT rights edit In 2012 Tillis then speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives played a leading role in pushing for North Carolina Amendment 1 a state constitutional amendment that banned same sex marriage and civil unions 72 123 124 125 In 2014 he appealed a ruling that it was unconstitutional 126 127 123 After the 2015 U S Supreme Court decision Obergefell v Hodges which recognized a constitutional right to same sex marriage Tillis announced that he would oppose the ruling in his role as speaker That stance was unusual among major elected North Carolina Republican officials at the time Others including then Governor Pat McCrory accepted the ruling 128 better source needed In 2015 in the Senate Tillis voted for an amendment to a non binding resolution that would allow same sex married couples living in states that do not recognize same sex marriage to have access to government resources 125 124 In July 2022 Tillis said that he would probably support a bipartisan bill to codify same sex marriage in the U S 129 In 2015 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that bans on same sex marriage violated the U S Constitution 130 Tillis later expressed support for a same sex marriage bill 131 132 133 In November 2022 Tillis called the Senate s same sex marriage bill a good compromise based on mutual respect for our fellow Americans 134 On November 29 2022 135 Tillis voted for the Respect for Marriage Act which passed the Senate and was enacted The law repealed the Defense of Marriage Act DOMA and codified rights to same sex and interracial marriage into federal law 136 2021 storming of the United States Capitol edit On May 28 2021 Tillis voted against creating an independent commission to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack 137 In August 2021 he said many involved needed to be held accountable and go to prison 63 Whistleblowing edit Since 2015 Tillis has been a member of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus 138 The caucus was launched by a bipartisan group of senators in 2015 to raise awareness of the need for adequate protections against retaliation for private sector and government employees who call attention to wrongdoing It works to foster bipartisan discussion of legislative issues affecting the treatment of whistleblowers and serves as a clearinghouse for information on whistleblower developments of interest in the Senate 138 139 Personal life editTillis and his wife Susan live in Huntersville North Carolina and have two children 140 Tillis previously twice married and twice divorced his high school sweetheart 72 He used to live in Cornelius North Carolina where he was elected to the town council 141 His brother Rick was a state representative in Tennessee 142 On March 29 2021 Tillis announced he had prostate cancer and would be undergoing surgery and treatment 143 Tillis said he had no symptoms and the cancer was discovered during a routine annual physical He encouraged all men to have regular prostate health screenings 144 Electoral history editMain article Electoral history of 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Week Archived from the original on September 27 2020 Retrieved October 2 2020 Duncan Conrad July 18 2020 Republican senator criticised for suggesting Hispanic people less likely to wear masks The Independent Archived from the original on May 7 2022 Carney Jordain October 2 2020 GOP Sen Thom Tillis tests positive for coronavirus The Hill Archived from the original on October 3 2020 Retrieved October 3 2020 7 attendees of SCOTUS nomination at Rose Garden test positive for COVID 19 ABC News Archived from the original on January 14 2021 Retrieved October 3 2020 Harrison Steve April 27 2020 While NC Republicans Increasingly Criticize Cooper Tillis Stands By Governor WFAE Archived from the original on April 25 2021 Retrieved April 25 2021 a b Burgess Joel GOP senator to Asheville business group COVID 19 unvaccinated the problem not immigrants Asheville Citizen Times Archived from the original on June 23 2022 Retrieved August 27 2021 Liasson Mara September 12 2014 Changing Tack GOP Candidates 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Cunningham Paige Winfield June 8 2014 Abortion laws fuel fight for Senate Politico Archived from the original on May 12 2015 Retrieved April 19 2020 a b c d Topaz Jonathan May 7 2014 10 things to know about Thom Tillis Politico Archived from the original on November 10 2020 Retrieved November 4 2020 a b Tillis I Do Regret Phrasing of Divide and Conquer Comment NBC News May 7 2014 Archived from the original on November 14 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Joseph Cameron May 8 2014 Tillis opposed increasing NC wage in 2010 The Hill Archived from the original on August 18 2019 Retrieved September 24 2020 a b Frank John June 8 2014 Thom Tillis opposes minimum wage hike stops short of supporting repeal The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 20 2020 Retrieved April 25 2020 Topaz Jonathan May 7 2014 Tillis hits Hagan on minimum wage Politico Archived from the original on November 24 2014 Retrieved April 26 2020 Itkowitz Colby February 3 2015 Senator says restaurant employees shouldn t be required to wash their hands The Washington Post Archived from the original on October 10 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Bradner Eric February 3 2015 Tillis Government shouldn t require restaurant hand washing CNN Archived from the original on August 20 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Sanchez Humberto February 3 2015 Thom Tillis Keep Government Out of the Bathroom Roll Call Archived from the original on November 10 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Stracqualursi Veronica February 3 2015 Senator Suggests Restaurant Employees Shouldn t Have to Wash Hands ABC News Archived from the original on November 1 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Needham Vicki January 30 2018 Senate Republicans call on Trump to preserve NAFTA The Hill Archived from the original on December 23 2018 Retrieved September 24 2020 Ordonez Franco January 22 2015 Tillis promotes offshore drilling in first US Senate floor speech The News amp Observer Archived from the original on September 23 2020 Retrieved September 23 2020 Glover Asha November 23 2015 Ads on Facebook Target Senators Against Clean Power Plan Morning Consult Archived from the original on June 13 2021 Retrieved October 2 2020 Hellerstein Erica June 1 2017 Thom Tillis Urged Trump to Pull Out of Paris Climate Accord Netted 263 400 From Oil and Gas Companies INDY Week Archived from the original on November 11 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 McCarthy Tom Gambino Lauren June 1 2017 The Republicans who urged Trump to pull out of Paris deal are big oil darlings The Guardian Archived from the original on June 1 2017 Retrieved June 7 2017 Letter from 22 Republican U S Senators to President Donald Trump Archived from the original on June 6 2017 Retrieved May 25 2017 Barrett Mark January 22 2015 Burr Tillis say climate change is real but Citizen Times Retrieved September 24 2020 EXCLUSIVE Thom Tillis speaks on climate change Spectrum News Charlotte August 7 2018 Archived from the original on September 16 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Murphy Brian October 25 2018 From no to a reality NC Republicans adopt different posture on climate change The News amp Observer Archived from the original on March 3 2020 Retrieved February 25 2020 Sens Richard Burr Thom Tillis come put against Trump EPA nominee putting nomination at risk AP News November 16 2017 Archived from the original on October 8 2020 Retrieved October 5 2020 Senators call on EPA to restrict key drinking water contaminants The Hill February 1 2019 Archived from the original on October 9 2020 Retrieved October 5 2020 Senate bill would declare PFAS chemicals hazardous under Superfund law The Detroit News March 1 2019 Hussein Fatima October 22 2017 Sen Todd Young urges action to end Muslim genocide in Myanmar IndyStar Archived from the original on June 8 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Sen Thom Tillis Trump acted appropriately by ordering Soleimani strike Iran retaliation was expected tillis senate gov Office of Senator Thom Tillis January 8 2020 Archived from the original on October 6 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Nelson Joshua January 3 2020 Sen Tillis Soleimani was in Iraq orchestrating another attack before US strike Fox News Archived from the original on February 18 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 a b c Report Burr Tillis among Congress top beneficiaries of NRA money WRAL November 7 2017 Archived from the original on March 11 2022 Retrieved September 24 2020 NRA PVF North Carolina nrapvf org NRA PVF Archived from the original on November 4 2014 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Morrill Jim Murphy Brian February 15 2018 NC senators got more money from the NRA than most lawmakers Here s why The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on November 14 2020 Retrieved October 13 2020 a b Kim Soo Rin February 21 2018 Which lawmakers got the most NRA money ABC News Archived from the original on September 30 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Fram Alan Jalonik Mary Clare June 20 2016 A divided Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on gun curbs WRAL Associated Press Archived from the original on October 6 2017 Retrieved October 5 2017 Bash Dana Raju Manu Judd Donald June 12 2022 Bipartisan group of senators announces agreement on gun control CNN Archived from the original on June 14 2022 Retrieved June 12 2022 a b Specht Paul February 27 2020 Fact check Did Tillis vote to take away coverage for pre existing conditions WRAL Archived from the original on September 24 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 a b c d Murphy Brian June 30 2020 In race vs Tillis Democrat Cunningham makes pitch for Medicaid expansion The News amp Observer Archived from the original on October 5 2020 Retrieved September 23 2020 Sen Thom Tillis key health care votes HealthReformVotes org Archived from the original on August 31 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 a b c Scott Dylan September 23 2020 North Carolina s all important 2020 Senate race explained Vox Archived from the original 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The Washington Post Archived from the original on April 27 2020 Retrieved April 26 2020 Murphy Brian March 14 2019 Tillis reverses course votes to support Trump on national emergency declaration News amp Observer Archived from the original on March 15 2019 Retrieved March 14 2019 Daly Matthew Robertson Gary D March 14 2019 Tillis changes vote supports Trump on border emergency AP News Associated Press Archived from the original on September 27 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Blake Aaron March 14 2019 Thom Tillis s remarkable flip flop on Trump s national emergency and 4 others who also backed off The Washington Post Archived from the original on May 7 2019 Retrieved May 7 2019 Specht Paul March 20 2019 By supporting Trump Tillis completely reverses course PolitiFact Archived from the original on May 27 2020 Retrieved April 26 2020 Binker Mark April 28 2014 Republican Senate candidates say they would not back net neutrality WRAL Archived from the original on November 11 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Gustin Sam May 2 2017 Republican Senators Have Introduced a Bill That Would End Net Neutrality Forever Vice Archived from the original on August 15 2020 Retrieved April 19 2020 U S Senate U S Senate Roll Call Votes 115th Congress 1st Session www senate gov Archived from the original on November 17 2020 Retrieved April 26 2020 How the local N C delegation to Congress voted recently Greensboro News and Record May 16 2020 Archived from the original on May 22 2020 Retrieved May 20 2020 Jahner Kyle April 13 2020 Internet Archive Defends Massive Online Emergency Library Bloomberg Law Archived from the original on September 7 2020 Retrieved September 24 2020 Thom Tillis Protecting Lawful Streaming Act of 2020 United States Senate Archived from the original on December 22 2020 Retrieved December 18 2020 Kelly Makena December 22 2019 New felony streaming measure is aimed at piracy services not Twitch streamers The Verge Archived from the original on December 22 2020 Retrieved January 27 2020 a b Murphy Brian May 17 2019 Group backing Tillis calls him a pro LGBTQ Republican What does the record say News amp Observer Archived from the original on November 4 2020 Retrieved October 2 2020 a b Johnson Allen March 28 2015 Tillis For and against gay marriage Greensboro News and Record Archived from the original on May 7 2019 Retrieved May 7 2019 a b Schoof Renee Tillis and Burr vote for same sex marriage benefits The News amp Observer Archived from the original on December 27 2017 Retrieved December 27 2017 Gordon Michael October 16 2014 Tillis Berger to appeal same sex marriage ruling attorney says The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on June 10 2021 Retrieved September 23 2020 NC Speaker Tillis vows to fight same sex marriage ruling WSOC TV October 13 2014 Archived from the original on June 24 2021 Retrieved October 2 2020 Firestone David October 16 2014 In North Carolina Thom Tillis is the Last Holdout Against Gay Marriage Taking Note Archived from the original on August 11 2020 Retrieved October 13 2020 Barrett Ted Raju Manu July 20 2022 Senators expect GOP support to grow for same sex marriage bill in bid to overcome filibuster CNN Retrieved July 21 2022 Obergefell v Hodges Supreme Court case in 2015 legalized same sex marriage nationwide www usatoday com Khaled Fatma September 15 2022 Susan Collins Thom Tillis Confident About Gay Marriage Bill After Midterms Newsweek Here s why North Carolina Sen Thom Tillis says he s pushing for the Respect for Marriage Act November 17 2022 Here s why North Carolina Sen Thom Tillis says he s pushing for the Respect for Marriage Act November 18 2022 https www usnews com news top news articles 2022 11 16 u s senate to hold initial vote on bill protecting same sex marriage bare URL Senate passes landmark Respect for Marriage Act in bipartisan vote www cbsnews com November 29 2022 Karni Annie December 13 2022 The 12 Republican Senators Who Voted for the Same Sex Marriage Law The New York Times via NYTimes com Which senators supported a Jan 6 Capitol riot commission Washington Post May 28 2021 Archived from the original on May 26 2021 Retrieved May 29 2021 a b Grassley Wyden Announce New Members of Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus U S Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa www grassley senate gov Archived from the original on May 9 2021 Retrieved June 20 2022 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Bipartisan Group of Senators Launches Whistleblower Protection Caucus National Whistleblower Center Archived from the original on May 31 2022 Retrieved June 20 2022 10 things to know about Thom Tillis The Hill Archived from the original on January 21 2020 Retrieved February 2 2020 Local voting detail Strong showing for Trump Tillis Cornelius Today November 4 2020 Archived from the original on June 23 2022 Retrieved February 2 2020 A Look at Key Primary Legislative Races in Tennessee U S News amp World Report July 29 2018 Archived from the original on November 30 2018 Retrieved November 29 2018 Zaslav Ali North Carolina Republican Sen Thom Tillis announces he has prostate cancer but expects full recovery CNN Archived from the original on March 29 2021 Retrieved March 29 2021 Murphy Brian NC senator Thom Tillis undergoing prostate cancer surgery Raleigh News amp Observer Archived from the original on June 23 2022 Retrieved March 29 2021 External links editSenator Thom Tillis official U S Senate website Campaign website Thom Tillis at Curlie Appearances on C SPANNorth Carolina House of RepresentativesPreceded byJohn Rhodes Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 98th district2007 2015 Succeeded byJohn BradfordPolitical officesPreceded byJoe Hackney Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives2011 2015 Succeeded byTim MooreParty political officesPreceded byElizabeth Dole Republican nominee for U S Senator from North Carolina Class 2 2014 2020 Most recentU S SenatePreceded byKay Hagan U S Senator Class 2 from North Carolina2015 present Served alongside Richard Burr Ted Budd IncumbentU S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byCory Bookeras United States Senator from New Jersey Order of precedence of the United States as United States Senator from North Carolinasince October 31 2013 Succeeded byTom Cottonas United States Senator from ArkansasPreceded byMike Rounds United States senators by seniority63rd Succeeded byJoni Ernst Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thom Tillis amp oldid 1184358177, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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