Republicans’ Midterm Tell & The Massie Prognosis

Thomas Massie
Will Kentucky voters (and a handful of extremely well-capitalized super PACs) do Trump and Mike Johnson a favor and unseat eight-term libertarian Rep. Thomas Massie in tomorrow night’s primary? Photo: Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images
Marianna Sotomayor
May 18, 2026

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House Republicans are brimming with renewed optimism that they can hold on to their majority, albeit with a little help from the Supreme Court. But if they do get lucky and keep the House for another term, what’s their agenda? Many Republican members looked at me in bewilderment when I asked this simple query. “That’s a very insightful question,” Rep. Nick LaLota said, and he wasn’t joking. “Nobody is asking what you would do six or more months from now. Everybody’s like, ‘What are you doing today?’”