Congressman Barr wasn't the only Kentucky candidate to receive an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

The president's pick to run against Representative Thomas Massie in Kentucky's fourth congressional district also won his Republican primary.

Our Laura Rogers has more from Covington.

The winner of the race tonight is not so much at Gowran.

I'll come back to that.

But it's the Republicans of Kentucky Congressional District four and their families who will be a champion for in Washington.

They're the last.

Ed Ryan took the stage at Wenzel Distillery last night to celebrate his victory and the Republican primary.

The former Navy Seal was recruited by President Trump to run against Congressman Massie, who earlier this week the president called, quote, the worst congressman in the history of our country.

I want to thank President Trump for his support.

His endorsement and his counsel as I navigated this campaign, which is a journey unto itself and for his courageous leadership of our nation at this critical time.

Gail Ryan kept his acceptance speech short, saying that should voters in the fourth district elect to send him to Washington in November, he would work to advance the president's agenda.

But for the same reason, I entered as a Navy Seal officer in 1983, because I had the audacity to think I could make a difference.

And I did.

I will serve this district, my party, and my nation with that same audacity to make a difference for them.

Their families, our district, our party and our nation.

God bless America.

Thank y'all.

Now, Ryan's win was seen as a major victory for President Trump.

And it turned into the most expensive U.S.

House primary race in the nation's history, according to The Hill.

Super PACs spent more than $16 million to help defeat the seven term congressman.

Why did this?

Why did the race get so expensive?

Because they decided to buy the seat.

And it and it got really expensive for him.

Throughout the campaign.

Congressman Massie reminded voters that he sided with President Trump, 90% of the time, but his opposition to a ballooning national debt entanglement and foreign wars, and his push to release the Epstein files made him a target for the nation's most powerful Republican.

If the legislative branch always votes with the president, we do have a king.

And if the legislative branch always vote which votes, whichever way the wind is blowing, then we have mob rule.

But if the legislative branch and the representatives and the senators that served with that always follow the Constitution, we have a republic.

As for what's next for Massie, he's previously mentioned considering a run for Kentucky governor.

But last night, his supporters had other ideas.

Okay.

Thanks again.

Again.

But what happens in 2028?

You want.

Oh.

You, you want me to run for Congress again?

For Kentucky edition, I'm Laura Rogers.

Well, the sign there says it all.

Gal Ryan now looks to keep Kentucky's fourth congressional district in Republicans hands.

He will face Democrat Melissa Strange and November's general election.

Strange grew up in Northern Kentucky and has a background in business, political science, and economics.

The Cook Political Report, which provides a nonpartisan analysis of elections and campaigns, lists Kentucky's fourth congressional district as solidly Republican.