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Endorsed by Trump, Ed Gallrein defeats Rep. Thomas Massie in GOP House primary . Undeterred by Trump’s lurid attacks, Massie put on a brave
Trump and his team quite like Massie. The president’s endorsement of former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein
Massie is engaged in an increasingly bitter and nasty primary campaign against Ed Gallrein, a former navy Seal who is endorsed by Donald Trump
Massie is in a fight for his career as he faces a Trump-endorsed Republican opponent – Ed Gallrein
Trump-endorsed opponent](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21d4pxq23o) in Louisiana's Republican primary. On Tuesday evening, voters in Kentucky are projected to have chosen Ed Gallrein over incumbent [congressman Thomas Massie
Ed Gallrein - to challenge Massie in the state's Republican primary on Tuesday. Massie's transgressions? He has broken with his party on issues near and dear to Trump's heart. He voted against Trump
Massie. The libertarian-leaning iconoclast who has been a hindrance to some of the president’s biggest priorities lost to Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein
Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL endorsed by the president. With more than $20m spent on the race ahead of Tuesday’s vote, the Kentucky primary is shaping up as a major test of Trump
Massie, who is facing his own tough reelection fight in Kentucky against Trump-backed primary challenger Ed Gallrein. (Colorado’s filing deadline has already closed, so it’s unlikely that threat can be carried
Massie has been a consistent thorn in Trump’s side, voting against his signature tax and spending cuts bill, helping to force the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and insisting on congressional
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 incumbent
Massie has been a consistent thorn in Trump’s side, voting against his signature tax and spending cuts bill, helping to force the justice department to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and insisting on congressional
Ed Gallrein, in polling, fundraising and name ID. One [recent survey](https://quantusinsights.org/f/massie-leads-but-the-kentucky-primary-remains-competitive) showed half of likely voters in his deep-red district with a libertarian bent preferred an independent-minded lawmaker, compared
endorsements 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
endorsed by President Donald Trump against Congressman [Thomas Massie](/news/2026/5/16/how-thomas-massie-came-to-represent-republican-dissent-in-age-of-trump), a rare Republican critic of Israel, has become the most expensive House of Representatives primary contest in the history of the United States. The avalanche
Ed Gallrein in the contest to [unseat Massie](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/16/kentucky-republican-primary-election-massie-gallrein) from the northern Kentucky seat he has held since 2012, leading to the most expensive Houseprimary in history. Republican voters in Kentucky will also