Massie files to fundraise for 2028 House run but he hasn’t yet decided to run for office again

U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie has filed to run for his current House seat in 2028 after losing to a Republican challenger endorsed by President Donald Trump last week. However, the congressman says he still hasn’t made a decision to seek another office yet. 

In a Monday post on X, Massie posted a copy of paperwork that he filed with the Federal Election Commission. 

“This 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,” Massie said. “I haven’t made a final decision about which office to seek, if I run.” 

Massie, who has had seven terms as Kentucky’s 4th Congressional representative, lost his primary last week to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein. Trump recruited Gallrein to run against Massie after public battles on a number of issues, such as Massie leading the charge to release the federal investigation files on convicted sex offender and financier Jeffery Epstein and opposing the GOP megabill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, last summer.

Gallrein will face Democrat Melissa Strange for the seat in the general election this fall. 

Though Massie conceded Tuesday, the crowd at his election watch party chanted “2028” and “president” over and over again. 

In a Sunday interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Massie was asked if he plans to run for president in the future. 

“I will not rule out anything, and right now, I’m not going to rule in anything,” he replied. 

“Every hour that passes, I get decompressed a little bit more,” he added. “It’s like coming up from the bottom of the ocean, and I’ll take some time and decide what’s next, but I think I will stay engaged in some way or shape. Maybe it’s from the outside. I’ve been exposing what’s going on in Washington, D.C., for years, and I’ll keep doing it.”

Three political observers recently told the Kentucky Lantern that Massie has a number of options before him with not only federal races in the next few years, but he could consider a run for governor in 2027, or influence politics in an outside role, like with a think tank.