Thomas Massie

Massie was born in Huntington, West Virginia, in 1971. He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 and 1996. Massie and his wife founded a technology company called SensAble Technologies and started a farm in Kentucky. Prior to serving in Congress, Massie was the judge-executive of Lewis County, Kentucky.[1][2]

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Campaign websiteMassie's campaign website stated the following:Pro-LifeI believe that life begins at conception. I will vote against government funding of abortion services and will vote to defund Planned Parenthood. I believe no public money should ever be spent on abortion procedures, abortion pills, or embryonic stem cell research.Defend Your Second Amendment RightsWeapons bans and gun-free zones are unconstitutional. In speeches, legislation, and through my votes in Congress I continuously make the point that gun-free zones make law-abiding citizens less safe.Defend the ConstitutionThe Government has no right to be snooping without a warrant through your digital records and communications any more than they do through your filing cabinet at home. I’ve also sought to protect American technology companies from being forced to create “backdoors” or introduce vulnerabilities to their security systems.Fix the Broken Appropriations ProcessCongress has recklessly given up its Constitutionally delegated “power of the purse.” I’ve urged Speakers Boehner, Ryan, and Pelosi to return to regular order, and I have voted against every single one of their Omnibus funding bills they have passed. Secure our Border and Build the WallI support President Trump’s efforts to stop illegal immigration and voted to fund the wall for the full amount requested by the President.— Thomas Massie's campaign website (February 5, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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The following issues were listed on Massie's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

Jobs & The Economy: America’s sluggish economy and persistently high unemployment are due to our government’s massive debt, over regulation of our businesses, and a tax system that punishes achievement. I am opposed to bailouts, corporate subsidies, undeclared wars, and so called stimulus spending — on economic, moral, and constitutional grounds.

Debt: The federal government’s $15.36 trillion national debt now exceeds our nation’s Gross Domestic Product. This lunacy must stop. Private industries regularly balance their budgets by implementing real spending cuts. The federal government should hold themselves to the same standard.

Energy: Energy independence should be a top priority for America. Achieving domestic energy independence will strengthen our national security by reducing our dependence on hostile nations. I will support all domestic sources of energy as long as they can compete in the free market without subsidies.

Tax Reform: Taxes are too high and too complicated. My wife and I have three engineering degrees from MIT and we can’t do our own taxes! As the founder of a company, I understand how the tax code throttles the development of new businesses. Our tax system needs to promote economic growth, not punish it. I will support legislation to achieve a simpler, flatter, fairer tax code that is helpful, not harmful, to domestic job creation and economic recovery.

Second Amendment: I will work vigorously to defend the rights of gun owners. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is not principally about hunting or recreation. In fact, the Second Amendment to our Constitution is our Founding Fathers’ restatement of our natural God given right to defend life, liberty, and property.[29]

—Thomas Massie's campaign website, http://www.thomasmassie.com/issues/#.VzTxU9BZSbQ