Thomas Roland Tillis is an American businessman and politician serving as a United States Senator from North Carolina since 2015. A moderate Republican, he was reelected in 2020 and became the state's senior U.S.
senator in 2023. Tillis has voted for proposals such as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which provided states funding for red flag laws, and the Respect for Marriage Act, which repeals the Defense of Marriage Act.