A candidate endorsed by Donald Trump in Kentucky has scrubbed his website of all references to the president after winning the Republican primary in May.

Former Kentucky state Sen. Ralph Alvarado swept to victory in the Republican primary in Kentucky’s 6th congressional district buoyed by a Trump endorsement. But since winning the election, Alvarado has tried to distance himself from Trump by scrubbing his campaign website of all references to the MAGA leader.

According to NBC News, Alvarado’s homepage previously referred to him as an “AMERICA FIRST FIGHTER” who will be a strong Trump ally in Congress “to deliver on his bold vision to Make America Great Again.”

The homepage now highlights Alvarado’s “INDEPENDENT LEADERSHIP” and his promise to work across the aisle.

Alvarado also deleted a photo of himself posing with Trump from the homepage and updated his bio to remove mentions of Trump & “America First.”

Alvarado’s campaign manager, Andy Westberry, tried to downplay the website’s changes, telling NBC, “The socialists are going to have to do a lot better than this nonsense to win this district. We’ve proudly touted the endorsement, and our website still features a photo of Ralph with President Trump.”

Alvarado is facing former prosecutor Zach Dembo, a Democrat, in November. Dembo called Alvarado’s latest move to try and distance himself from Trump ‘desperate.’

“My opponent’s at it again, claiming to be Trump’s guy when it helped him, then deleting any mention of the President from his site because the latest poll told him he should. It reeks of a career politician’s desperation,” he told NBC News.

Trump won Kentucky’s 6th congressional district by 15 points in the 2024 presidential election, but Democrats believe they can flip the seat given Trump’s unpopularity. A recent poll commissioned by the DCCC shows Dembo and Alvarado each receiving 47% support while 6% of voters in the district remain undecided.

The nonpartisan election handicapper, Cook Political Report, has shifted the race towards Democrats, from ‘Solid R’ to ‘Likely R.’

“Kentucky voters are sick and tired of corrupt politicians like Ralph Alvarado,” DCCC spokesperson Eli Cousin said. “Non-partisan race raters and public polls confirm what we already know: this seat is squarely in play.”

Incumbent Rep. Andy Barr (R), who won re-election by 27 points in 2024, won the Republican primary to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY).