WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican challenger who lost to U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp says he won’t endorse either candidate in the general election for the 1st District of Kansas.

Alan LaPolice said Wednesday he is urging everybody to cast a ballot in November but won’t pretend to think he could decide for others how to best use that vote.

Huelskamp faces Democrat Jim Sherow in the general election.

LaPolice, a farmer and educator from Clyde, is a political novice who garnered a surprising 45 percent of the vote Tuesday against the better-funded Huelskamp.

LaPolice says he is just a small-town, former school administrator and doesn’t know why people would need his endorsement.