May 19, 2026 - ... Nearly $33 million has been spent on ads and other media in the race between Representative Thomas Massie, left, a rare Republican critic of President Trump, and his Trump-backed challenger, Ed Gallrein.

May 22, 2026 - IN A POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA, GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR REACTED, SAYING THOMAS MASSIE AND I DON’T AGREE ON MUCH, BUT BILLIONAIRES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS SPENT $35 MILLION IN KENTUCKY TO UNSEAT ONE CONSERVATIVE CONGRESSMAN, ALL BECAUSE HE STOOD ...

May 19, 2026 - Still doubt the reality of MAGA’s civil war? Behold the $35 million oligarch campaign to destroy Thomas Massie.

May 20, 2026 - The figures underscore Massie’s ... are itemized individual contributions with no donor name recorded, which total $81,000 and $151,000 for Massie and Gallrein, respectively....

May 20, 2026 - The Times reported that two pro-Israel groups, including one tied to AIPAC, had spent more than $9 million on defeating Massie.

May 21, 2026 - Thomas Massie’s authorized campaign ... poured far larger sums into the race as independent expenditures, with pro‑Israel groups alone spending roughly $9 million to try to defeat Massie [2] [3]. Precise side‑by‑side comparisons require parsing FEC receipts versus ...

May 11, 2026 - By the numbers: All of this is backed up by more than $25.6 million in ad spending, according to AdImpact, which makes the fight between Massie and Gallrein the most expensive U.S. House primary in history.

May 17, 2026 - RJC Victory Fund has unloaded more than $4 million on a sextet of ads attacking Massie over his opposition to the joint U.S.-Israel war in Iran and promoting Trump’s endorsement of Gallrein.

May 20, 2026 - But it was a devastating blow for democracy. The total cost of the takedown: $33 million. That price tag made it the most expensive congressional primary in history, with about $565 spent for every vote for Massie’s challenger, Ed Gallrein.

May 20, 2026 - AIPAC’s super PAC, which called Massie the “most anti-Israel Republican in the House,” poured more than $4 million into the race to defeat him, according to campaign finance records.

May 7, 2026 - Republican Rep. Thomas Massie told podcaster Tucker Carlson this week that his race has tightened up significantly. “It’s a single-point lead for me,” said Massie. “They’ve spent $10 million against me.

May 19, 2026 - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and other pro-Israel lobbying groups have spent over $9 million to oust Massie.

May 21, 2026 - According to Grok, the $25M+ figure is total ad spending in this record House primary (per AdImpact), driven by those PACs plus AIPAC’s United Democracy Project and the Republican Jewish Coalition.

May 21, 2026 - But billionaires and special interest groups spent $35 million in Kentucky to unseat one conservative congressman — all because he stood up to Trump. It’s everything that's wrong with our politics today."

May 18, 2026 - A second outside group, a Republican Jewish Coalition-linked PAC, has spent more than $2.8 million against Massie, per CBS News.

May 18, 2026 - Conversely, Gallrein has faced a slew of ads financed by pro-Massie PACs, including Kentucky First PAC and Kentucky 4th PAC, according to Axios. The outlet reports the total spending at around $5.6 million.

June 4, 2026 - Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL recruited by Trump, beat Massie in the most expensive U.S. House primary on record, the Associated Press projects. The race drew more than $32 million in ad spending.

May 21, 2026 - Massie used Trump’s attacks on him to raise plenty of his own funds, and the total spent on both sides swelled to some $33 million, making the race the most expensive House primary in U.S.

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