What is Thom Tillis?
{{Infobox Senator | name = Thom Tillis | image = Sen. Thom Tillis official photo.jpg | imagesize = | jr/sr = Junior Senator | state = [[North Carolina]] | alongside = [[Ted Budd]] | term_start = January 3, 2015 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Kay Hagan]] | successor = | office1 = [[Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives]] | term_start1 = January 26, 2011 | term_end1 = January 3, 2015 | predecessor1 = [[Joe Hackney]] | successor1 = [[Tim Moore (North Carolina politician)|Tim Moore]] | office2 = Member of the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]]<br>from the 98th district | term_start2 = January 2007 | term_end2 = January 3, 2015 | predecessor2 = [[John W. Rhodes|John Rhodes]] | successor2 = [[John R. Bradford III]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|30}} | birth_place = [[Jacksonville, Florida]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | residence = | spouse = Susan Tillis | children = Lindsay<br>Ryan | alma_mater = [[University of Maryland]] University College | religion = | website = {{URL|http://www.tillis.senate.gov|Senate website}}<br>{{URL|http://thomtillis.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Thom Tillis''' (born August 30, 1960) is the senior [[United States Senator]] from [[North Carolina]]. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party]] and has been in Senate since January 3, 2015. He was in the [[North Carolina House of Representatives]] from 2007 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tillis, Thom|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000476|publisher=Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress|access-date=July 9, 2015}}</ref> Tillis was born on August 30, 1960 in [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. He graduated from the [[University of Maryland]] University College. He is married to Susan Tillis. They have two children. Tillis tested positive for [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|coronavirus]] on October 2, 2020, after a