THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Tillis's $5.7 million contribution profile is 62 percent reliant on individual donors and 38 percent on PACs and committees. Industry-tied money concentrates in legal and financial services, with lawyers and lobbyists comprising 18 percent of his industry contributions, securities and investment firms 16 percent, and health services and insurance each at 8 percent; individual donor employment similarly clusters in law, finance, and real estate sectors. His voting record includes 116 recorded votes, and he has disclosed 201 stock trades under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$5.7M▲ 176% in ’24 vs ’22#42 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes10on bills touching top donor sectors
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Left: who funds Tillis (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES?
How Tillis voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 10 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Tillis's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$231K
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
2$73K
BLACKSTONE
employees
3$66K
UPHOLD THE SENATE
PAC
4$58K
2025 SENATORS CLASSIC COMMITTEE
PAC
5$48K
BRIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL
employees
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
Money Timing81%
Thom Tillis (R): Electric Utilities donations hit $70K (17.9× their monthly average) the month before their YEA on HJRES24-119
In March 2025, Tillis received $70,000 from Electric Utilities-classified donors, representing 17.9 times that sector's trailing 12-month average of $3,920.08 monthly. On April 3, 2025, Tillis voted YEA on HJRES24-119, which provided congressional disapproval of a rule affecting the Electric Utilities sector, with the vote occurring the month after the donation spike.
Money Timing81%
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.
Money Timing81%
Thom Tillis (R): Retail & Consumer donations hit $68K (14.9× their monthly average) the month before their YEA on SJRES49-119
In March 2025, Thom Tillis received $68,165 from Retail & Consumer-classified donors, representing 14.9 times that sector's trailing 12-month average of $4,561.67 monthly. On April 30, 2025, Tillis voted YEA on SJRES49-119, a joint resolution terminating the national emergency on global tariffs, which favors the Retail & Consumer sector.
LEGISLATION
3 sponsored
COMMITTEES
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Finance
Judiciary
Veterans' Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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