Thomas Tillis

RepublicanState R+1119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score76#5 of 100 senators across tracked bills

Contact Thomas Tillis’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-224-6342 Send a message

Washington, D.C. office

113 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510

tillis.senate.gov

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Democrats · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 8 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: S. 237, S. 567, S. 843, S. 861, S. 1467 and 3 more.
Medium
7th most moderate of 53 Senate RepublicansDW-NOMINATE +0.388 vs. the Senate Republican median of +0.558: 0.170 toward the Democrats (rank 7 of 53 by distance toward the Democrats).
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive state (R+1)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. North Carolina has a partisan lean of R+1. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Medium
Heritage Action 65 vs. Senate Republican avg 88Heritage Action (119th Congress, higher = more conservative) scored this member 65; the Senate Republican average is 88.1 (n=53). That is 23 points toward the Democrats.

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2027
Senate class: Class 2
Seniority: Senior senator
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 11.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Majority · 3rd in seniority
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Majority · 4th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer ProtectionChairman
- Subcommittee on Economic Policy
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

R median

D median

Tillis

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Their score of +0.388 is 0.17 to the left of the Senate Republican median (+0.558).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the Senate Republican average

119th Congress65
Senate Republican average: 88 (n=53)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 51–100 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Thomas Tillis on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.R. 139Sunshine Protection Act of 2025Summary on Congress.gov	No position yet	76	Swing
H.R. 144Tennessee Valley Authority Salary Transparency ActSummary on Congress.gov