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won outright or faced no challenger. Only one, [embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/g-s1-112476/tony-gonzales-texas-republican-runoff-ethics), was not the first place finisher. Over the weekend, Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow and Louisiana state treasurer John Fleming
won, and one race remained too close to call. State Senator Linda Rogers, one of the ousted Republicans, said Trump’s successful attempt to scuttle her race sent a clear message to others
won a special election in 2021 for the House seat her late husband, Luke, was set to assume before he died from COVID in 2020. In Congress, Letlow sponsored a bill to collect oral histories
won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!” According to Axios, the US president is due to meet his national security team tomorrow to discuss the next steps. Trump also spoke
Thomas Massie, who has broken with Trump on key issues in his second term and led the charge to [release investigative files](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/18/house-vote-epstein-documents) related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In the latest instance
Kentucky are projected to have chosen Ed Gallrein over incumbent [congressman Thomas Massie](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz924g45530o) in that state primary. Trump recruited Gallrein to run against Massie. Those Republicans, however, had made clear breaks with
Thomas Massie](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/kentucky-republican-primary-election-massie-gallrein) in favour of the US president’s hand-picked challenger. Ed Gallrein, a retired Navy Seal and farmer who was recruited into the race by Trump, defeated the seven-term
Thomas Massie, a Kentucky libertarian, is one of the last dissidents standing. He has been a rare Republican thorn in the side of Trump since the US president’s return to power last year. Massie
Thomas Massie said that the Republican politicians who joined him had made a brave choice. "I'm sure they'll be punished for coming here today," he said. It didn't take long for Massie