LINCOLN — Thirty-five people have thrown their names in to replace State Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion in the Nebraska Legislature.

Kintner resigned last week following controversies involving his using a state laptop to engage in cybersex with a woman he met online and retweeting a Twitter post that appeared to make light of sexual assault.

His resignation was effective Monday.

Gov. Pete Ricketts now has the task of selecting Kintner’s successor.

The appointee will finish out Kintner’s term, serving until January 2019. The person would be eligible to run for another four-year term after that.

The applicants are:

» Marsha Babcock of Elmwood, a Democrat

» Michael Barrett of Weeping Water, a Democrat

» Travis Benning of Murray, a Republican

» Kent Blum of Nebraska City, a Republican

» Thomas Burtch of Murdock, a Democrat

» Chad Carr of Papillion, a Republican

» Patrick Diederich of Plattsmouth, an independent

» Richard Dreesman of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» Patrick Dugan of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» Timothy Dunlap of Plattsmouth, a Democrat

» Don Eckles of Louisville, a Republican

» Kyle Fisher of Springfield, a Republican

» Rebecca Gribben of Nehawka, a Republican

» Brandon Grimm of Papillion, a Democrat

» James Harrold of Plattsmouth, a Democrat

» Karen Harvey Holmes of Louisville, a Democrat

» Dawn R. Josoff Jacobsen of Murdock, a Democrat

» Bradley K. Kassube of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» David Kentsmith of Springfield, a Republican

» Joel Kirby of Ashland, a Republican

» Cynthia Loraas of Papillion, a Republican

» Mel Luetchens of Murdock, a Democrat

» Gary Mason of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» Janet McCartney of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» Michelle McCullough of Papillion, a Republican

» Ray Nesbitt of Beaver Lake, a Republican

» Ron Nolte of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» James R. Peterson of Eagle, a Republican

» Perry Pirsch of Ashland, a Republican

» Gregg Rhoades of Plattsmouth, a Democrat

» Stephen L. Smith of Springfield, a Republican

» Eddie Utterback of Plattsmouth, a Republican

» Theodore Vasko of Papillion, Republican

» John Winkler of Cedar Creek, Republican

» Russ Zeeb of Papillion, Republican