Incumbent Alicia Straub picked up a victory Tuesday night in the Republican primary for the 4th District seat on the Barton County Commission. Straub defeated challenger Randy Suchy who was running for an elected office for the first time.

Straub picked up 649 votes (75.29%) compared to Suchy’s total of 213 (24.71%).

Straub will now run unopposed in November’s general election, joining Jennifer Schartz in District 5 and Kenny Schremmer in District 1 who ran unopposed in Tuesday’s primary and will do so again in November.

Alicia Straub post election interview

The other local contested races in Tuesday’s primary came for the Great Bend City Council in Ward 1 where Alan Moeder and Jessica Milsap garnered the most votes between 5 candidates who were seeking the position. Moeder picked up 243 votes (50.52%) in the primary while Milsap received 140 votes (29.11%). Bobby Lee Roller had 38 votes, Josh Ellis 33 and Bradley McCune 27.

Moeder and Milsap will now square off in the November general election. There will also be contested November races in Ward 2 where Chad Somers will go against James Breitenbach and in Ward 3 where former council member Dana Dawson will run against Jacob Davis. Brock McPherson will run unopposed in Ward 4.

Republican Tory Marie Arnberger ran unopposed to retain her seat in the 112th District of the Kansas House. Arnberger will also run unopposed in the November general election.