Massie loses to Trump-backed challenger in Kentucky primary
The Kentucky race has been viewed as a key test of President Trump's grip on the Republican Party.
www.bbc.comRep. Thomas Massie fell the state Republican primary to Ed Gallrein, a Trump-endorsed challenger. Massie acknowledged defeat after results were announced. primary featured as a costly House-era contest, and a test of the Trump grip in the party. Trump publicly backed Gallrein while Massie attacked Trump on specific votes. Gallrein moves forward to the final election in a strongly Republican district, facing Melissa Strange, a Democrat. Massie served since 2012 and came under Trump's pressure in part by urging the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and criticizing the war in Iran.