HEBRON, Ky.—Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) lost his Republican primary on May 19 to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.
President Donald Trump had endorsed Gallrein as part of his effort to get Massie removed from Congress.
Gallrein had tallied 54 percent of the votes compared to 45 percent for Massie when the Associated Press called the race at 7.54 p.m.
The race in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional district was one of the nation’s most closely watched Republican primaries of the 2026 election cycle.
The district stretches from the Kentucky suburbs of Cincinnati across the Ohio River in northern Kentucky southward to the outskirts of Louisville, incorporating coal towns and rural villages in the Appalachian foothills….
Thomas Massie Loses Primary to Trump-Backed Ed Gallrein
