Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced Monday in a post on X that he married former congressional staffer Carolyn Moffa last month.
Massie, whose wife passed away last year, said he and Moffa met more than a decade ago when she was a staffer for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The pair were legally married in October and celebrated with friends and family at a ceremony over the weekend, where Paul and Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) were in attendance, according to the post.
“As Senator Paul’s Ag policy staffer until 2016, Carolyn was a very early proponent and practitioner of Making America Healthy Again,” Massie said in the post. “She even visited me and my late wife Rhonda on our grass-fed cattle farm several years ago. Carolyn has not previously been married.”
The Republican representative — who is seeking reelection against a Trump-backed challenger in 2026 — said the newlyweds plan to reside on his farm in Kentucky and will travel between their home state and Washington for Massie’s congressional duties. Massie, a champion of the Make America Healthy Again movement, said in the post that he and Moffa served raw milk at the reception and margaritas made with peaches from their farm.
According to Legistorm, Moffa worked as a staffer for Paul from 2011 to 2016, and then as a Maryland state manager for a Philadelphia-area distillery until 2017.
“Please pray for us as Carolyn steps into the arena with me,” Massie wrote. “With her support, I look forward to continuing my fight for freedom for the great people of Kentucky.
The marriage comes more than a year after the lawmaker’s late wife and high school sweetheart, Rhonda Massie, passed away. Massie announced her passing on social media in June 2024 without detailing the cause of death.
“Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to Heaven,” Massie said in the post last year.
