Kentucky physician advances to general election after receiving glowing Trump endorsement: 'True friend'

Ralph Alvarado, a Kentucky state senator, advanced to the general election Tuesday evening to be Rep. Andy Barr's, R-Ky., potential successor shortly after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Alvarado, who has positioned himself as a pro-Trump, America First candidate, strengthens the president’s record of endorsements in a state that’s produced a handful of the administration’s most vocal critics within his party.

Amid frustrations with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Sen.