LAGRANGE — LaGrange County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tracy Harker has won the Republican nominee for LaGrange County Sheriff.

Harker faced off against former LaGrange County Sheriff’s Deputy and current Topeka Deputy Marshal Tyler Randol in the race to be the Republican nominee for LaGrange County Sheriff in this fall's general election. Harker won the contest by nearly 700 votes.

Of the 2,266 total votes cast in the race, Harker received 1,477 votes, or 65.1 percent of the votes cast. Randol received 789 votes or 34.8 percent.

Harker won in 13 of LaGrange County’s 16 precincts.

Harker will now face the Democratic challenger, Jason Eiseman, in this fall’s general election. Eiseman ran in the Democratic primary unopposed.