HOURS FOR EVERY COUNTY IN OUR VOTER GUIDE ON WLKY.COM. THE MOST EXPENSIVE PRIMARY RACE FOR THE U.S. HOUSE IS UNFOLDING RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY. IT PITS HOUSE CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE AGAINST TRUMP ENDORSED EDITOR PAUL RYAN. THEY’RE FIGHTING TO REPRESENT THE FOURTH DISTRICT, WHICH SPANS FROM EASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY UP INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY. EDWARD SMITH IS HERE NOW WITH WHAT THE CANDIDATES ARE SAYING IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE ELECTION. EDWARD, WITH MORE THAN $25 MILLION ALREADY SPENT ON THIS PRIMARY BATTLE, THIS HAS BECOME A RACE TO WATCH NATIONWIDE. I WENT TO SHELBY COUNTY TODAY WHERE L. RYAN WAS TRYING TO SET HIMSELF APART FROM THOMAS MASSIE WORKING IN WASHINGTON. THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY RACE FOR KENTUCKY’S HOUSE DISTRICT FOUR SEAT IS HEATING UP. IN A NEW POLL BY QUANTUM INSIGHTS, TRUMP ENDORSED RYAN LEADS INCUMBENT THOMAS MASSIE BY EIGHT POINTS. RYAN REPEATEDLY ATTACKING HIS OPPONENT IN A SIZZLING MESSAGE AT A SIMPSONVILLE SAUSAGE FACTORY. TOM MASSIE CAN’T DO THAT. STATESMANSHIP IN A TIGHT FITTING JACKET HE CANNOT WEAR, AND HE’S PROVEN IT FOR 15 YEARS. PAUL RYAN ON THURSDAY, LANDING AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR A CANDIDATE WHO’S LARGELY RELIED ON THE PRESIDENT’S SUPPORT. I’M 100% BEHIND THE PRESIDENT. WHAT HE’S DOING TO TURN OUR NATION AROUND. RYAN MADE A CASE THAT TRUMP’S POLICIES ARE THE LONG TERM SOLUTION FOR PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY, CRITICIZING MASSIE FOR DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE PRESIDENT. THOMAS MASSIE HAS REPEATEDLY VOTED WITH THE RADICAL DEMOCRATS AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE CONSERVATIVES. 90% OF THE TIME, I VOTE THE WAY THE █PRESIDENT AND THE PARTY WOULD WANT ME TO VOTE. BUT MASSIE TELLING OUR SISTER STATION WLWT, THE SPLIT BETWEEN HIM AND TRUMP DOESN’T MEAN VOTERS SHOULDN’T SUPPORT HIM 10% OF THE TIME. I’M SORRY IF THEY’RE BANKRUPTING THE COUNTRY, IF THEY’RE SPYING ON AMERICANS WITHOUT A WARRANT, I JUST THAT’S WHERE I HAVE TO DEVIATE FROM THE PARTY. MASSIE SAYS SUPPORTERS LIKE HIS WILLINGNESS TO BREAK WITH THE PARTY. I THINK THE PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE HUNGRY TO SEE AT LEAST ONE REPUBLICAN UP THERE WHO’S USING HIS OWN MIND. PAUL RYAN HAS FACED CRITICISM FOR WHAT SOME CALL A BLIND LOYALTY TO THE PRESIDENT. TODAY, I ASKED HIM WHERE HE BREAKS WITH THE PRESIDENT. I WILL MAINTAIN THAT RELATIONSHIP WHERE I CAN CONTINUE TO ADVISE HIM WITH A PLAIN SPOKEN, NO NONSENSE, APOLITICAL OPTIC ABOUT WHAT’S BEST FOR OUR NATION AND OUR PARTY IN THIS DISTRICT. RYAN HAS ALSO FACED CRITICISM FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN DEBATES WITH MASSIE. RYAN WAS ASKED ABOUT THAT TODAY AND QUESTIONED WHY HE WOULD GIVE