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Incumbent Estes wins GOP primary in Kan. 4th District

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the primary election in Kansas (all times local):

9 p.m.

Rep. Ron Estes has won the GOP nomination for a congressional seat he first won in a tougher-than-expected special election last year for the Wichita-area seat formerly held by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The Kansas congressman complained during this year’s GOP primary race that he was the target of a political trick after a candidate who shares his name and hometown filed to run against him in the Republican primary.

The other Ron M. Estes from Wichita on the August ballot describes himself on his website as a first-time candidate and father of two.

Rep. Ron Estes was the former two-term state treasurer.

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8:50 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall has won the Republican primary in the sprawling rural 1st District of western and central Kansas.

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

Marshall, a Great Bend physician, first gained national attention in 2016 for knocking off then Rep. Tim Huelskamp in the Republican primary for the seat.

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.

While the district strongly supported President Donald Trump in 2016, some worry tougher immigration policies make it harder to fill agricultural jobs. Marshall wants to couple border-security measures with changes in visas for guest farm workers.

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