wlwt.com: https://www.wlwt.com/article/live-updates-kentucky-primary-election-thomas-massie-ed-gallrein/71341765

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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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LIVE UPDATES | Kentucky voters to decide key races on Election Day Skip to content NOWCAST WLWT News 5 Today Watch on Demand Menu Search News Policies News Local News National News Investigates Entertainment Health Money Monday Get the Facts News We Love Upload Weather Radar Alerts Map Room Traffic Politics Sports Bengals Reds FC Cincinnati High School Sports Olympics Community Project Community Let&#039;s Talk Cincy Ruth Lyons Holiday Guide Home Furnishings Mental Health Resources Pre-Owned Autos Advertise with WLWT Memorials About News Team MeTV Contact Very Local Titan TV Guide Privacy Notice Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL Weather Search Press enter to search Type to Search Search location by ZIP code ZIP Advertisement LIVE UPDATES | Kentucky voters to decide key races on primary Election Day LIVE UPDATES | Kentucky voters to decide key races on primary Election Day ROLL IN TONIGHT. COMING UP. SPEAKING OF THE POLLS, MEGAN. ALL RIGHT. RANDY. YES. THANK YOU. THE POLLS OPEN IN JUST ABOUT AN HOUR FOR KENTUCKY’S PRIMARY ELECTION. LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL RACES, ALL ON THE BALLOT HERE. AND ONE CAMPAIGN IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT. THE BATTLE BETWEEN REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE AND TRUMP-BACKED AT GOWRAN. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA LIVE FOR US FROM THE KENTON COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS RACE. AND IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE POLLS TODAY. GIACOMO. YEAH. MEGAN. WELL, THIS IS SHAPING UP TO BE THE MOST HEATED GOP RIVALRY IN U.S. HISTORY. THIS RACE ALSO COULD COME DOWN TO JUST SEVERAL COUNTIES LIKE BOONE, CAMPBELL, AND KENTON, WHERE VOTERS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE A TOSS UP WITH MORE THAN $30 MILLION ALREADY BEING SPENT ON THIS RACE. IN AD REVENUE, THE RACE HAS ALREADY SHATTERED SPENDING RECORDS, MAKING IT THE MOST EXPENSIVE PRIMARY IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE BATTLE INTENSIFIED ON THE EVE OF ELECTION DAY, WITH SECRETARY OF DEFENSE STUMPING IN HEBRON FOR AT GOWRAN. GOWRAN, A FORMER NAVY SEAL AND FIFTH GENERATION FARMER, HE WAS HANDPICKED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP TO TAKE ON THE SEVEN TERM CONGRESSMAN, THOMAS MASSIE. NOW, MASSIE HAS BEEN A THORN IN TRUMP’S SIDE, BREAKING WITH THE PARTY ON MAJOR ISSUES INCLUDING TARIFFS. IRAN AND THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL. NOW, MASSIE MADE HIS FINAL PITCH TO VOTERS LAST NIGHT AS TRUMP HIMSELF POSTED A VIDEO IN SUPPORT OF HIS CHALLENGER AND LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BECAUSE HE COULDN’T STAND. MASSIE, COULDN’T STAND WATCHING HIM, COULDN’T STAND HOW DISLOYAL HE WAS TO YOUR PRESIDENT. HE LEFT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BUT HE CAME BACK AND HE CAME BACK STRONG. IF I WIN THERE, THERE’S HOPE. THERE’S HOPE BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAN BE TRANSPARENT. GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C., VOTE FOR THEIR PRINCIPLES, PUT PRINCIPLES AND THEIR PEOPLE OVER THE PARTY AND WIN AN ELECTION. AND REPUBLICAN STRATEGISTS EXPECT THIS TO BE A VERY CLOSE RACE, ONE THAT COULD ULTIMATELY COME DOWN TO VOTER TURNOUT. THE NATION WILL BE WATCHING AS THE POLLS OPEN HERE AT 6 A.M. WE’RE LIVE IN KENTON COUNTY. GIACOMO LUCA WLWT NEWS FIVE. GIAC

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