Big names include NC's former governor, a former NC congresswoman, the daughter-in-law of the current president, among others.

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection after President Donald Trump threatened to seek and support a primary challenger.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday announced he will not seek reelection to the Senate next year, firing a political shock wave into the midterm cycle after he said he would oppose President

N.C., announced he will not run for re-election a day after he was one of two GOP senators who voted no on a motion to proceed on the Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on Tillis' viewpoint of the budget bill and working in Congress.

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis was briefly interviewed Monday by DC Bureau reporter, Hannah Brandt. In the interview attached to this article,

Among the appointees is a board member who was reprimanded for spreading "false and misleading statements" and advocating for Republicans to win the 2024 elections.

Tillis made the surprise announcement one day after he opposed a massive bill for Trump's agenda in the Senate.

His decision creates a political opportunity for Democrats seeking to bolster their numbers in the 2026 midterm elections, creating a wide-open Senate race in a state that has long been a contested battleground.