RepublicanThom Tillis
U.S. Senator · North Carolina
U.S. Senator from North Carolina
12 tracked promises, 1 rated
North Carolina
Represents North Carolina statewide
How they won their seat
Thom Tillis won the 2020 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina with 48.7% of the vote (2,665,598 votes).
- Thom Tillis · Republican48.7%2,665,598
- Cal Cunningham · Democrat46.9%2,569,965
- Shannon W. Bray · Libertarian3.1%171,571
- 1 Other Candidate1.2%67,818
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Thom Tillis's record shows a concentration on law enforcement, housing, and intellectual property issues. He has sponsored multiple bills related to law enforcement, such as the National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act and the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act. Additionally, he has sponsored the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025 and has sponsored the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act. Focus areas (from the record): Law Enforcement · Housing · Intellectual Property · Disaster Relief · Healthcare Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Tillis's sponsored bills include the National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance Act and the Housing Supply Expansion Act. However, the voting record does not align with the evidence of sponsored bills in some areas. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; There is no information on the impact of his actions on constituents; The record does not provide insight into his unlogged work or informal influence. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Thom Tillis has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2019. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Thom Tillis has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 25
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$120K3%
- Large individual (itemized)$2.5M61%
- PAC / committee$1.5M36%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic PolicyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Financial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on FinanceOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Health CareOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global CompetitivenessOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS OversightOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the JudiciaryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal RightsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and ImmigrationOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Chairman, Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual PropertyOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, Senate Committee on Veterans' AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Digital AssetsOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Integrity
Promises kept vs. worked against — weighted breakdown+100 · based on 1 rated promise
- Fully Kept 1
Teal segments are promises kept; amber and stone segments are promises worked against. The signed score weights each rated promise by significance and evidence confidence. Promise-keeping is shown separately from popularity, finance, disclosure, and stated positions. Methodology is open.
Integrity over time
In office since Jan 2015 · 1 rated promiseEach step is a real change in the sourced record — the score holds between assessments.
Promise status over time
How the tracked promise record has evolved.
- Kept1
- Against0
- No opportunity0
- In progress0
Replayed from this official’s sourced assessment history — the bands step only when an assessment is recorded or changed. Based on the most recent roll-call votes on file and the tracked promise assessments; never interpolated.
Topic coverage
12 promises across 12 topicsWhat this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.
- Banking and Financial Services1
- Disaster Relief and Taxes1
- Elections and Voting1
- Federal Reserve and Monetary Policy1
- Governance and Congressional Conduct1
- Healthcare and Medicaid1
- Healthcare and Opioid Crisis1
- Housing1
- Immigration1
- Innovation and Intellectual Property1
- Judiciary and Judicial Nominations1
- Law Enforcement and Public Safety1
Evidence & significance
Evidence quality
Strongest source cited per promise.
- Primary (official record)975%
- Reputable news325%
Significance mix
How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).
Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.
12 tracked promises
“Stated he would not support the 2025 Senate reconciliation bill in its then-current form, citing projected Medicaid funding cuts to North Carolina, and called for returning to the House's Medicaid approach.”
“Vowed to use every procedural tool available to him to slow down or stall the SAVE America Act (a voter-ID/election-eligibility bill) if it reaches the Senate through a House reconciliation package.”
“Pledged to oppose the confirmation of any Federal Reserve nominee, including for the Fed Chair vacancy, until the Justice Department's criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell was fully resolved.”
“Committed to preserving the Senate 'blue slip' tradition for judicial nominees and to opposing efforts to abolish it, which functionally requires home-state senators' sign-off before certain nominees advance.”
“Introduced a discussion draft of the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act to prohibit banks and federal regulators from denying financial services to lawful businesses for politically motivated reasons.”
“Pledged, after announcing he would not seek re-election, to serve out the remaining roughly 18 months of his term and to vote independently on the merits ('call the balls and strikes as I see fit').”
“Committed to making passage of patent eligibility reform (the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, which he reintroduced with Sen. Chris Coons) one of his top legislative priorities.”
“Introduced the bipartisan Alternatives to PAIN Act (with Sen. Mark Kelly) to ensure Medicare seniors have access to non-opioid, non-addictive pain treatments as an alternative to opioids.”
“Committed to working with President Trump to end illegal immigration and to advance the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which would let certain crime victims sue jurisdictions that decline lawful ICE detainer requests.”
“Introduced the bipartisan National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act (with Sen. Richard Blumenthal) to fund officer safety, wellness, and public-education programs through the National Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial.”
“Committed to supporting the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025, which modernizes the federal definition of manufactured housing to expand affordable housing supply and options.”
“Introduced the bipartisan Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act (with Sen. Raphael Warnock) to give Hurricane Helene and other disaster victims additional time to claim tax refunds they are owed.”
Verified record
222 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $8,113,422, spent $5,270,439, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored S 4813: A bill to authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes. ↗Jun 17, 2026
- Sponsored S 4499: ALERT Act of 2026 ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 705: A resolution commending the "Donut Dollies" for their patriotic service and steadfast support of United States servicemembers in combat and honoring their extraordinary contributions to the morale and well-being of United States servicemembers during wartime. ↗Apr 29, 2026
- Sponsored SRES 611: A resolution authorizing the use of the atrium in the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building for a Bipawtisan Doggi Gras Pawrade on February 25, 2026, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm. ↗Feb 12, 2026
- Sponsored S 3782: Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities and Fallen Law Enforcement Act of 2026 ↗Feb 5, 2026
- Sponsored S 3719: National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act. ↗Jan 28, 2026
- Sponsored S 3705: Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule Act ↗Jan 27, 2026
- Sponsored S 3551: PROTECT for Rare Act ↗Dec 17, 2025
- Sponsored S 3439: Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act of 2025 ↗Dec 11, 2025
- Sponsored SRES 398: A resolution condemning the treatment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu by the Government of Azerbaijan and urging his immediate release. ↗Sep 17, 2025
- Sponsored SRES 385: A resolution recognizing suicide as a serious public health problem and expressing support for the designation of September as "National Suicide Prevention Month". ↗Sep 11, 2025
- Sponsored S 2761: RESULTS Act ↗Sep 10, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 222 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 858
- Yea
- 538
- Nay
- 220
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 100
Full voting record
858 votes- SJRES198Nay
- PN8518Yea
- PN9304Yea
- PN9304Yea
- S4784Yea
- PN9382Yea
- PN9303Yea
- SJRES185Nay
- PN9382Yea
- SJRES196Nay
- PN9303Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9302Yea
- PN9307Yea
- PN9307Yea
- HCONRES86Nay
- PN8593Yea
- HR6644Yea
- PN73033Yea
- HR6644Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
12 positions on recordWhat this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never affects the Integrity Score.
- Judiciary and Judicial NominationsStated position
Committed to preserving the Senate 'blue slip' tradition for judicial nominees and to opposing efforts to abolish it, which functionally requires home-state senators' sign-off before certain nominees advance.
Sourceshttps://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-and-republican-senators-fight-over-blue-slip-process-for-judicial-nomineesView position & sources → - Elections and VotingStated position
Vowed to use every procedural tool available to him to slow down or stall the SAVE America Act (a voter-ID/election-eligibility bill) if it reaches the Senate through a House reconciliation package.
Sourceshttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/4651850/thom-tillis-threaten-stall-save-america-act/View position & sources → - Law Enforcement and Public SafetyStated position
Introduced the bipartisan National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support, and Community Outreach Act (with Sen. Richard Blumenthal) to fund officer safety, wellness, and public-education programs through the National Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2026/1/tillis-blumenthal-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-honor-law-enforcement-and-strengthen-officer-safetyView position & sources → - Federal Reserve and Monetary PolicyStated position
Pledged to oppose the confirmation of any Federal Reserve nominee, including for the Fed Chair vacancy, until the Justice Department's criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell was fully resolved.
Sourceshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-senator-vows-block-trump-fed-nominee-over-powell-investigationView position & sources → - Banking and Financial ServicesStated position
Introduced a discussion draft of the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act to prohibit banks and federal regulators from denying financial services to lawful businesses for politically motivated reasons.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/10/tillis-introduces-discussion-draft-on-legislation-to-ban-politically-motivated-de-bankingView position & sources → - HousingStated position
Committed to supporting the Housing Supply Expansion Act of 2025, which modernizes the federal definition of manufactured housing to expand affordable housing supply and options.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/7/tillis-colleagues-introduce-legislation-to-increase-housing-supply-reduce-costsView position & sources → - Governance and Congressional ConductStated position
Pledged, after announcing he would not seek re-election, to serve out the remaining roughly 18 months of his term and to vote independently on the merits ('call the balls and strikes as I see fit').
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/6/statement-from-senator-thom-tillisView position & sources → - Healthcare and MedicaidStated position
Stated he would not support the 2025 Senate reconciliation bill in its then-current form, citing projected Medicaid funding cuts to North Carolina, and called for returning to the House's Medicaid approach.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/6/tillis-statement-on-senate-reconciliation-voteView position & sources → - Innovation and Intellectual PropertyStated position
Committed to making passage of patent eligibility reform (the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act, which he reintroduced with Sen. Chris Coons) one of his top legislative priorities.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/5/tillis-coons-kiley-and-peters-reintroduce-landmark-legislation-to-restore-american-innovationView position & sources → - Disaster Relief and TaxesStated position
Introduced the bipartisan Disaster Related Extension of Deadlines Act (with Sen. Raphael Warnock) to give Hurricane Helene and other disaster victims additional time to claim tax refunds they are owed.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/4/tillis-warnock-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-extend-tax-deadline-for-natural-disaster-victimsView position & sources → - Healthcare and Opioid CrisisStated position
Introduced the bipartisan Alternatives to PAIN Act (with Sen. Mark Kelly) to ensure Medicare seniors have access to non-opioid, non-addictive pain treatments as an alternative to opioids.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/2/tillis-kelly-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-increase-access-to-non-opioid-treatmentsView position & sources → - ImmigrationStated position
Committed to working with President Trump to end illegal immigration and to advance the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, which would let certain crime victims sue jurisdictions that decline lawful ICE detainer requests.
Sourceshttps://www.tillis.senate.gov/2025/1/tillis-colleagues-reintroduce-legislation-to-provide-justice-for-victims-of-sanctuary-policiesView position & sources →
Disclosure
A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.
No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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