The White House on Thursday said it will nominate Matt Petersen for a Republican seat on the Federal Election Commission.

An aide on the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, Peterson would fill a vacancy left by Hans von Spakovsky, the embattled former Justice Department lawyer who withdrew his nomination last week. Peterson’s term would run until 2011.

His nomination also would fill out a five-nominee slate that is likely to revive the FEC. He would join pending Democratic nominees Cynthia Bauerly and Steven Walther and Republican picks Caroline Hunter and Don McGahn.

Democrat Ellen Weintraub is the FEC’s only remaining commissioner at the moment.