Kentucky voters make their choice today: Thomas Massie, or a former Navy SEAL picked by Trump to beat him | CNN Politics

The race against Rep. Thomas Massie has overshadowed the campaign for Ed Gallrein, the farmer and former Navy SEAL recruited to run against him. Yet Massie and Gallrein are the actual choices facing Republican voters Tuesday in a Kentucky primary, despite President Donald Trump looming large over a race that has become the latest stop on his revenge tour. When the ballots are counted Tuesday night in what could become the most expensive US House primary in history, the outcome between Massie and Gallrein may provide a window into whether a deluge of attack ads and a presidential megaphone can outweigh a lifetime of relationships Massie has built across his corner of northern Kentucky. No Republican has incensed the president more than Massie, who led the charge to release the Epstein files, voted against Trump’s landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act and has fiercely opposed the Iran war. Gallrein has pledged full loyalty to the Trump agenda, saying on Monday: “There has never been a more important time to stand behind our president.” Massie, a rare contrarian in a compliant era for Republicans, acknowledges that he’s in a fight for his political life, but told supporters at a