LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gov.-elect Pete Ricketts has announced that a Dodge County cattleman will be replacing Sen. Charlie Janssen in the state Legislature.

Ricketts said Thursday night in Kearney, during the Nebraska Cattlemen’s annual banquet, that the post is going to David Schnoor, of Scribner. Schnoor was one of five people who applied to replace Janssen. Janssen, a Fremont Republican, beat Sen. Amanda McGill to become the next Nebraska auditor.

Ricketts says Gov. Dave Heineman will be making the appointment.