Trump tightens grip on GOP after Massie’s defeat in Kentucky primary – US politics live

Republican Congressman defeated by Trump-backed challenger in most expensive House primary in history

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Other election results poured in as polls closed in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Oregon.

Among the most notable: US senator Tommy Tuberville won the Republican nomination for Alabama governor, former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won the Democratic nomination for governor in Georgia and state representative Chris Rabb won the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s third congressional district.