Fresh off his primary defeat, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed paperwork on Monday to run again for his House seat in 2028, though he acknowledged he has not made a “final decision about which office to seek, if I run.”
Massie filed the paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, though he said the real reason he filed was that it “allows me to raise funds to continue my political operations supporting my position as a current office holder and as a potential candidate for federal office.”
He lost his primary last week to Ed Gallrein, whom President Donald Trump endorsed, in one of the most contentious and expensive House races in recent years. Both pro-Trump and pro-Israel groups poured millions of dollars into the campaign in support of Gallrein.
“I haven’t made a final decision about which office to seek, if I run,” he said.
He left open the possibility of a 2028 presidential run during a Sunday interview on Meet the Press.
“I will not rule out anything, and right now I’m not going to rule in anything,” Massie said. “Look, I’ve spent the last five days on my farm with my grandkids and my cattle and my peach trees, and it’s a pretty nice life. I don’t know if I want to screw that up again. I’ve been in Congress 14 years, fighting. Every hour that passes, I get decompressed a little bit more. It’s like coming up from the bottom of the ocean. And I’ll take some time and decide what’s next.”
Massie had gotten on Trump’s bad side after voting against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, his willingness to work across the aisle to force the Justice Department to release additional information about deceased billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, as well as his criticism of the U.S. war against Iran.
MASSIE SAYS HE LOST REELECTION DUE TO HIS BIPARTISAN EFFORTS TO RELEASE EPSTEIN FILE
In the Meet the Press interview, he attributed his loss to his willingness to work with Democrats to get the Epstein files released.
“I think the biggest crime I committed against the swamp, Kristen, was showing the American people that somebody on the Right could join somebody on the Left and get something done, which is releasing the Epstein files that everybody knew needed to be done,” he said.
