In keeping with a term limits pledge taken in 2006, Tillis announced that he would not run for re-election to the state house, instead choosing to run for U.S. Senate in the 2014 election against Democrat Kay Hagan.
In keeping with a promise to serve only four terms (eight years) in the state house, Tillis announced that he would not run for re-election. Instead, he chose to run for U.S. Senate in the 2014 election against first-term Democrat Kay Hagan.