Thom Tillis

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Thom Tillis

U.S. Senator · North Carolina · R

Thomas Roland Tillis ( TIL-iss, born August 30, 1960) is an American businessman and politician who has served as a United States senator from North Carolina since 2015. From 2007 to 2015, Tillis served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, of which he was speaker from 2011 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. [Wikipedia ↗]

FEC receipts · 2016–2026 cycles

$34,832,122 raised

Influence graph
Individual 68%
PAC 23%
Other

Where the $34,832,122 raised came from · FEC · 2016–2026 cycle

$34,832,122
Raised
FEC receipts · 2016–2026 cycle
$7,906,427
PAC receipts
FEC committee contributions · 2016–2026 cycles
$20,810,550
Spent supporting them
outside + direct · 127 sources
$28,000,000
Spent against them
opposition IEs · 1 edge

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Top individual donors · 15

Largest itemized individual contributions across their FEC campaign committees (Schedule A), aggregated by donor across cycles. Conduits (ActBlue/WinRed) excluded.

Top industries · donor money

  • Other / unclassified$667,137
  • Securities & investment$229,712
  • Lawyers & law firms$115,425
  • Not employed / self$105,916
  • Retired$78,019
  • Health professionals$63,291
  • Tech$37,545
  • Real estate$15,400

Classified from donor employer/occupation · heuristic

Top employers · donor money

  • BLACKSTONE$67,400
  • BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL$51,450
  • METLIFE$34,600
  • WCAS$27,500
  • BNY MELLON$21,300
  • LIVE OAK BANK$20,800
  • HOMEMAKER$18,400
  • APOLLO MGMT$17,400
  • APOLLO$17,050
  • APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$15,650

Committee assignments · 15

Seats on the panels that write the rules — where a donor industry meets the member it funded.

  • Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Financial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionChairman
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Intellectual PropertyChairman
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Digital Assets
  • Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs — Economic Policy
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Health Care
  • Senate Committee on Finance — International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
  • Senate Committee on Finance — Taxation and IRS Oversight
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Border Security and Immigration
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary — Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights

Source: @unitedstates/congress-legislators

Legislation sponsored · 56

Bills and resolutions this member introduced in the 119th Congress — what they put their name on, alongside who funds them.

  • S. 4813To authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.· Native Americans
  • S. 4499ALERT Act of 2026· Health
  • S.Res. 705A 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.· Armed Forces and National Security
  • S.Res. 611A 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.· Congress
  • S. 3782Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025· Immigration

Source: govinfo.gov · BILLSTATUS bulk data (sponsor of record)

Top connections · 132 total

People4
Organizations14
PACs / committees114

Connections · explore all 132

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Spent against them · $28,000,000

Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.

  • —
    The Senate Leadership Fund, the McConnell-aligned Republican super PAC, spent roughly $28 million on ads boosting Thom Tillis against Democrat Cal Cunningham in the record-shattering 2020 North Carolina Senate race, and earlier routed $3 million to a shell PAC (Faith and Power PAC) to meddle in the Democratic primary. Senate Leadership Fund
    source · newssingle source — not corroborated
    $28,000,000
  • 2014-11-04
    Charles Koch's political network backed Thom Tillis in 2014 through Americans for Prosperity ad campaigns and the Koch-funded Freedom Partners Action Fund super PAC, which ran seven-figure ad buys against his opponent Kay Hagan. Charles Koch
    source · newssingle source — not corroborated

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