Natalia Mittelstadt
North Karolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis on Sunday that he would not look for re -election in 2026, caused that the expected list of likely republican candidates will replace him – including the brand and surname Lara Trump and chairman of the Republican National Committee Michael Whatley.
Tillis He announced his pension After voting against the promotion of the president “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” in the Senate on Saturday evening, and then Trump swore to put the main claimant to re -election.
“In Washington in the last few years, it has become more and more obvious that leaders who are ready to accept double -sided, compromise and demonstration of independent thinking become an endangered species,” said Tillis, announcing retirement.
Before Tillis announced his pension, Trump published Truth Social: “Many people came to escape in the main page against” Senator Thom “Tillis. I will meet them in the coming weeks, looking for someone who properly represented the great people of North Carolina and, importantly, the United States of America. “
Other possible candidates are the chairman of the National Committee of the Republican Congress Richard Hudson and the representation of North Carolina Pat Harrigan, According to Punchbowl News. The successor of Tillis will probably be strongly determined by the one who supports Trump.
Trump, from North Carolina, is a former co -chairman of the Republican Committee. She is married Eric Trump, the third child of President Trump.
North Karolina representative Tim Moore (RN.C.), former representative of George Holding – who sits on the Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. – I Rep. Addison McDowell are also possibilities.
On Sunday, Tillis would not say whether he is planning to support his successor, saying that his decision will depend on who is running. He said that he suspected that the party would start with nothing, who would probably support, but warned the president not to make a similar mistake he made in 2024, when he supported Marek Robinson for the governor.
Robinson lost to a immense extent after information reports Over ten years ago he made inflammatory comments On the message board of pornography.
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Natalia Mittelstadt is only a news reporter.
Photo “Lara Trump” by Lara Trump.
