(KMZA)--The Marshall County Republican Party central committee will hold a special convention Tuesday evening to nominate a new county attorney.

The convention will take place at 7:00 in the Marysville City Building and is open to the public.

Two attorneys, Coleman Younger, of Frankfort, and Meghan Voracek, of Seneca, have applied for the Marshall County position.

The nominee, if approved by Governor Laura Kelly, will fill the term of  County Attorney Laura Johnson-McNish, which expires in January 2021.  The office is up for election next year.

Johnson-McNish is stepping down to accept an appointment as district magistrate judge in Doniphan County.