Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

* Donald Trump set out to destroy Republican Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky primary, and the president secured the results he wanted: Ed Gallrein defeated the incumbent by roughly 10 points.

* On a related note, another intraparty Trump foe, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger fell short in his Republican primary in Georgia’s gubernatorial race. Trump-endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire CEO Rick Jackson advanced to a primary runoff, and the winner will face former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who easily won a Democratic primary.

* In Georgia’s Republican U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Mike Collins will face former football coach Derek Dooley in a runoff election, and the winner will take on incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November.

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Steve Benen

Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”

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