2026 election · U.S. Senate
2026 North Carolina Senate race
Incumbent: Thom Tillis (Republican) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.
Declared candidates
Source: FEC candidate filingsStated positions (6) ▾
- Banking & Financial Regulation: Serves on the Senate Banking Committee and has downplayed the systemic risk posed by bank failures such as Silicon Valley Bank, emphasizing bipartisan legislative approaches to economic issues. [1]
- Election Law & Voting: Supports voter ID requirements and co-sponsored the SAVE Act, while opposing broad federal mandates that would override state-run mail-in balloting systems and opposing elimination of the legislative filibuster. [1]
- Free Enterprise: Strongly supports free enterprise and private property rights as central to national economic prosperity. [1]
- Government Spending: Supports holding the line on federal spending and has voted against budgets he considers excessive, favoring fiscal restraint to balance the budget. [1]
- Immigration & Border Security: Supports secure borders, physical barriers, opposes sanctuary city policies, and favors a merit-based legal immigration system tied to economic and workforce needs. [1][2][3]
- Immigration Reform for Workforce Needs: Supports expanding access to guest worker visa programs like H-2B to address labor shortages in seasonal industries such as agriculture and tourism. [1]
Public polling
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