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Thomas Massie is facing a primary challenge from Ed Gallrein who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump. **Related**: [Massie or Gallrein? Kentucky voters to decide the true meaning of MAGA in heated GOP primary
Kentucky US Representative Thomas Massie lost his Republican primary on Tuesday after one of the most expensive and politically charged congressional campaigns in modern United States history. For the Israel lobby and its allies
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](/news/2026/5/16/how-thomas-massie-came-to-represent-republican-dissent-in-age-of-trump), one of the most vocal critics of United States President Donald Trump, has lost his primary race to Trump-backed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in a major political victory
Ed Gallrein, a retired navy Seal and farmer, over the incumbent Massie who had drawn the president’s ire after breaking with him on several high-profile issues, including the war on Iran, the release
Kentucky, speaks on May 18 in Hebron, Ky.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5390x5390+1348+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcf%2F67%2Fc21a741542faaedfc10b921e1439%2Fgettyimages-2276418231.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5827183/massie-gallrein-kentucky-race-results-trump) ### [Elections](https://www.npr.org/sections/elections/) ### [Endorsed by Trump, Ed Gallrein defeats Rep. Thomas Massie in GOP House primary](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/19/nx-s1-5827183/massie-gallrein-kentucky-race-results-trump) Can front-line Republican
Thomas Massie in Kentucky’s GOP primary on Tuesday. It’s one of the final checkpoints in Trump’s monthlong effort to punish Republicans for bucking him. And the list of Massie’s sins
Thomas Massie and Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky Ed Gallrein [AP Photo] **US Senate** Kentucky’s Republican Senate primary is also getting national attention as longtime Senator Mitch McConnell steps away from Republican leadership after
Thomas Massie, the Kentucky congressman for his political survival in Tuesday’s primary. Over an eight-hour stretch beginning in the early hours of Sunday, Trump used Truth Social to taunt Massie
Thomas Massie, who he’s been itching to unseat for years. Trump has also selected his favorite candidates in the crowded GOP primaries for Alabama Senate and Georgia governor. But his picks have struggled