The file

Thom Tillis

Republican · U.S. Senator, North Carolina · North Carolina · Spectrum score +43

Senate · 2026 ballot ·

Thom Tillis is U.S. Senator, North Carolina in North Carolina. Political positions and ideology score +43 (Right). Tillis is the consultant senator.

College: University of Maryland University College, B.A. 1996
Spouse: Susan Tillis
Children: Two; two stepchildren
Résumé: U.S. Senator · North Carolina · 2015–
Speaker · North Carolina House of Representatives · 2011–2014
Management consultant / IBM · 1980s–2000s

Net worth: $5.2M
Salary: $174,000
Before office: $1.5M
2026 raised: $14.0M
Years in office: 11

Where Thom stands on the spectrum

Thom Tillis scores +43 on Spectrum’s left–right line (right), right of center on the economy and conservative on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +43 · Right · economic +49 · social +42 · authoritarian +24

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Tillis is the consultant senator. The file is Charlotte money and a 2026 that his own conference may not want to fight for. When he deals on immigration, read the industry list first.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$5.2M

+247% since taking office

Senate disclosure midpoint, 2024

Before office$1.5M

Now$5.2M

Price Waterhouse and North Carolina House, then a suburban-professional fortune. Not a mill owner. Not poor.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $14.0M
Cash on hand: $6.5M

Top industries

Finance
Health
Real estate
Lawyers

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Charlotte professional. Funds plus some finance names buried in ranges.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$250K–$1.0M
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$75K–$300K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$250K–$1.0M
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$75K–$300K

Sum of ranges $325K–$1.3M · midpoint $813K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

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Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

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Conflicts

Immigration deals that enrage the base and calm the Chamber.
Bank-and-health money in a purple-state brand.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +49
Social: +42
Authoritarian: +24
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending+54
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care+42
Private insurance markets, fewer mandates
Climate & energy+48
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+52
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+44
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+34
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion+40
Restrictions or bans, fetal personhood
Guns+56
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+50
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+46
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+58
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+30
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): 0.39

Compass

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Sources

DW-NOMINATE
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.