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Ed Gallrein, a former Navy SEAL backed by Donald Trump and over $15 million in pro-Israel PAC spending, defeated 14-year incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie in Kentucky's 4th District GOP primary by roughly 9 points — making the race the most expensive House primary in U.S. history at over $34 million. Massie's ouster marks the latest and most high-profile success in Trump's campaign to purge dissenting Republican incumbents, while raising questions about whether fiscal conservatism and principled dissent retain any institutional footing in the modern GOP.