THE TAKETrailAI · auto-generated
Tillis' fundraising profile is weighted toward individual donors, who account for 62 percent of his $5.7 million in direct contributions, with PACs and committees providing 38 percent. Industry-tied money concentrates in Lawyers & Lobbyists (18 percent of industry funds), Securities & Investment (16 percent), and Health Services and Insurance (8 percent each), a pattern reflected among his individual donors who work primarily in legal, financial, and real estate sectors. His legislative record includes 114 recorded votes and 102 stock trades disclosed under the STOCK Act.
Raised · all cycles$5.7M▲ 176% in ’24 vs ’22#39 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share18%Lawyers & Lobbyists
Donor-sector votes9on 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 9 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): 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.
Lobbying–Donor Overlap80%
Thom Tillis (R) voted YEA s1582-119; Securities & Investment is their largest tracked donor sector (11%) with 8172 active lobbying filings
The GENIUS Act (s1582-119) would establish federal and state regulatory frameworks for payment stablecoins issued by banks and qualified nonbank entities in the Securities & Investment industry. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) voted YEA on s1582-119. Securities & Investment donors comprised 11.4% of Tillis's identifiable donor base ($1.30M), and companies in this industry filed 8,172 lobbying reports on related issues since 2022.
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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