U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall has won the Republican primary in the sprawling rural 1st District of western and central Kansas. Marshall easily defeated Inman restaurant owner Nick Reinecker Tuesday night picking up 79-percent of the vote.

Marshall advances to a November matchup against Democrat Alan LaPolice of Clyde in the heavily Republican agricultural district.

Democrats did not have a candidate in 2016, but LaPolice launched a long-shot bid as an independent. LaPolice, an educator, is taking another shot at it this year running as a Democrat.