Incumbent Mo Brooks cruised to a win tonight in seeking his sixth term in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating political newcomer Chris Lewis in the District 5 Republican primary.

With just over half of the vote counted, Brooks was soundly beating Lewis 75 percent to 25 percent.

There is no party-qualified Democrat, which means the GOP primary winner will be unopposed in the November general election barring a successful write-in campaign.

Brooks won despite an array of support for his challenger. Alabama Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon backed Lewis, as did the Alabama Farmers Federation, which backed every congressional incumbent in Alabama seeking re-election except Brooks.

However, Brooks snagged perhaps the biggest endorsement of them all - a tweet from President Donald Trump in February, who singled out Brooks as having “my Complete Endorsement!” Trump tagged Brooks’ campaign Twitter account (@MoInTheHouse) in the message and linked to a website where supporters can contribute to Brooks’ campaign. The Brooks campaign account quickly re-tweeted the president’s message.