BREAKING: Tillis Says He Won’t Run For Reelection

Semafor reports:

Thom Tillis’ opposition to steep Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump’s signature bill – and Trump’s subsequent attacks on him – are raising alarms among GOP leaders about his viability for re-election next year, Semafor has learned.

The president floated backing a primary challenger to the North Carolina GOP senator on Saturday after Tillis voted against advancing Trump’s tax and spending cuts bill, which is loaded up with steeper cuts to Medicaid than the House’s version.

Trump continued attacking Tillis on Sunday morning, calling him a “talker and complainer” — all unwelcome developments in one of the toughest congressional races in the country next year.

Read the full article. And below is the result.

NEWS: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) will NOT seek reelection in 2026, according to a statement sent by his office just now.

Here’s part of the long release: pic.twitter.com/3PgA4vjlgO

— Brendan Pedersen (@BrendanPedersen) June 29, 2025

🚨TILLIS announces not running for re-election pic.twitter.com/hHSkXKJaZB

— Stef Kight (@StefWKight) June 29, 2025