Kentucky’s Thomas Massie Fights for Political Survival as May 19 Primary Approaches

FLORENCE, Ky.—Fighting for his political survival amid President Donald Trump’s push to remove him from Congress, libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) took the stage at a weekend campaign rally and proclaimed that his gathering on May 19 would be “a victory party” and an opportunity to continue working with the president. Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District is one of the nation’s most closely watched Republican primaries in the 2026 election cycle. Massie, who was first elected to Congress in 2012 and is in his seventh term, is attempting to defeat challenger Ed Gallrein, a Trump-endorsed former Navy SEAL. The district stretches from the 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....