Rick Tillis | |
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Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district | |
In office November 8, 2016 – November 3, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Billy Spivey |
Succeeded by | Todd Warner |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Richard Tillis September 22, 1963 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Terry Tillis |
Relations | Thom Tillis (brother) |
Thomas Richard Tillis (born September 22, 1963) is an American politician who served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 92nd district as a member of the Republican Party. During his tenure in the state house he served as the Majority Whip.
Tillis, who is the brother of US Senator Thom Tillis, received a GED from the Florida Department of Education. He was elected to the state house in Tennessee in the 2016 election and served until he was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by Todd Warner. Tillis served as the Majority Whip from 2018 to until his resignation in 2019, after it was discovered that he was running a Twitter account critical of other Republicans in the state house.