House Majority Whip Tom Emmer received an overwhelming show of support from Republican voters Tuesday, easily dispatching two challengers seeking to deny him another term in Congress.

But another set of numbers from Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District is attracting attention as both parties begin looking toward a November general election that will involve a much larger electorate.

Emmer won the Republican nomination with 81 percent of the vote, receiving 53,088 votes compared with 10,022 votes, or 15 percent, for Mike Foley and 2,502 votes, or 4 percent, for Chris Corey.

The Republican incumbent will now face DFL nominee Doug Chapin in the Nov. 3 general election after Chapin ran unopposed in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

Emmer, who has represented the district since 2015, entered the primary with strong institutional support after receiving the 6th Congressional District Republican Party endorsement in May with 91.2 percent of the first-ballot convention vote.