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Thom Tillis' exit shakes up the battle for the Senate as key races take shape
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis’ surprise retirement announcement has shaken up not only North Carolina’s Senate race, but also the broader fight for the majority in the chamber heading into next year’s midterm
With Sen. Thom Tillis retiring, what happens to his $4 million campaign haul?
With more than 13,000 individual campaign contributions, Tillis announced Sunday he will not be seeking a third term next year.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina won’t run in 2026 after opposing Trump’s bill
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina says he won't seek reelection. That news Sunday comes one day after he announced his opposition to President Donald Trump’s tax breaks and spending cuts package because of its reductions to health care programs.
The Inside Story of Thom Tillis’s Last Stand Against Trump
The North Carolina Republican had already made up his mind to leave the Senate, but the run-in with the president over Medicaid moved up the timeline of the announcement.
Amid Trump clash, NC Republican Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection in 2026
He has represented North Carolina in Washington for a decade, and has clashed with President Trump as recently as Saturday.
In stepping aside, Sen. Thom Tillis goes the way of other Republicans who have challenged Trump
Flake. Corker. Romney. And now, Sen. Thom Tillis. The roll call of Republican senators in the U.S. Congress who have called it quits, rather than endure a political career sideways with President Donald Trump,
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis won't seek re-election in North Carolina after drawing Trump's ire
Tillis made the surprise announcement one day after he opposed a massive bill for Trump's agenda in the Senate.
NC Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says he won’t vote for Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, broke with his party Saturday and said he would not support the federal “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” the sweeping budget package that would enact much of President Donald Trump’s agenda.
Senator Thom Tillis won't seek reelection after opposing Trump's key budget bill
Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina has announced he won't run for reelection in 2026, a day after voting against Trump's budget bill.
A former governor, a Trump and many others: Tillis retirement sets off NC Senate seat speculation
North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis' announcement over the weekend that he won't seek reelection is heating up the campaign on both sides of the aisle. A Trump endorsement for the Republican nominee could heavily influence GOP primary.
NC Sen. Thom Tillis won’t seek reelection. Which Republicans might run in 2026?
US Sen. Thom Tillis won’t seek 3rd term. U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who has represented North Carolina in Washington for a decade , announced June 29, 2025, he won’t
With a one-word reminder, Thom Tillis tells GOP to skip Mark Robinson in 2026
After U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis dropped out of the 2026 Senate race, he also dropped a significant diss on social media.
Thom Tillis: Bolo for YOLO
We probably should have known something was up with Thom Tillis when he started rocking those bolo ties. A bolo, the number ...
For Thom Tillis, Independence Day Came Early
Thom Tillis of North Carolina understood he was going to lose either way. If he rejected President Donald Trump’s catch-all ...
The Medicaid change that Thom Tillis blasts — and how it could gut NC expansion
The Senate passed its version of the tax and spending bill Tuesday afternoon after a day of negotiations, sending it back to ...
Mary Ellen Klas: Thom Tillis knew what the GOP refused to hear
Too many elected officials are motivated by pure raw politics who really don’t give a damn about the people they promised to ...
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Trump’s Fury at Thom Tillis Backfires, Wrecking His Vile Medicaid Scam
As Trump banishes Senator Tillis from the GOP for daring to tell the truth abut his policies, a writer who tracks GOP lies ...
Thom Tillis timeline in politics: From NC GOP leader to periodic Trump dissenter
In North Carolina, Tillis rose quickly to become a Republican leader. He finds himself sometimes at odds with a GOP president ...