Republican Senator Tillis won't seek reelection in 2026 following his vote against Trump's bill, criticizing Washington's partisan politics and its scorn for independent thinkers.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday he is not seeking reelection next year. The North Carolina senator’s announcement came a day after he was one of only two Republican holdouts who voted against advancing President Donald Trump’s sweeping agenda bill.

The Senate Republican tax bill includes the biggest reduction for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s, targeting more than $1 trillion in social spending.

The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a new analysis,

The legislation would cause the national debt to soar even more than previous estimates, according to new projections released Sunday.