, Vancil is the unofficial winner of the Republican nomination in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District race.

Unofficial vote totals Tuesday night indicate 57% of the more than 27,000 ballots cast selected Vancil of Gladstone over Julie Bickelhaupt of Mount Carroll. He will face Democratic incumbent Eric Sorensen in November.

The 17th District spans central and northwestern Illinois and encompasses all of Carroll, Rock Island, Whiteside, and Knox counties, and parts of Mercer, Stephenson, Tazewell, McLean, Fulton, Peoria, Henry, Warren, Winnebago, and McDonough counties.