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Thom Tillis (R): Electric Utilities donations hit $70K (17.9× their monthly average) the month before their YEA on HJRES20-119
In March 2025, Thom Tillis received $70,000 from Electric Utilities-classified donors, representing 17.9 times that sector's trailing 12-month average of $3,920.08 per month. On April 10, 2025, Tillis voted YEA on HJRES20-119, a resolution of congressional disapproval classified as favoring the Electric Utilities sector, with the vote occurring the month after the donation spike.
UTL
Electric Utilities
donor sector
spiked to $70K
March 2025 · 17.9× their average
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Thom Tillis
R-NC · Senate
voted YEA
bill favors the sector
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BILL
HJRES20-119
they voted YEA
THE SPIKE, MONTH BY MONTH
monthly $ from Electric Utilities-classified donors · orange = spike month · hover a bar for the exact amount · timing only, not a causal claim
$70K
from Electric Utilities donors in March 2025
17.9×
that sector's trailing 12-month average ($4K/mo)
YEA
their vote on HJRES20-119 (2025-04-10)
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◈ Ask the Analyst about Thom Tillis →How we built this: a statistical pattern surfaced from public records — FEC campaign finance, Senate/House Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, and Congress.gov. The donor concentration and the legislative action are concurrent facts; this does not imply contributions caused the action, that the member acted improperly, or that the bill specifically benefits the named sector. Generated July 6, 2026 · internal signal score 81/100.