Thomas Massie ‘extremely vulnerable’ to GOP primary challenge, poll shows

Published August 15, 2025 9:59am ET



Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) could lose his House seat to a GOP challenger due to bucking President Donald Trump’s agenda, according to internal Republican polling. 

Massie, a fiscal conservative viewed as a GOP maverick, drew Trump’s ire earlier this year when he refused to back the president’s marquee “big, beautiful bill,” which was signed into law in July, over concerns it would increase federal debt.

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