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Subject Biden names campaign manager O’Malley Dillon deputy chief of staff
Date November 17, 2020 4:11 PM
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Joe Biden names Jen O’Malley Dillon, Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.), and Steve Ricchetti to top White House positions.

 
 

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** APPOINTMENTS AND NOMINATIONS
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** JEN O’MALLEY DILLON, WHITE HOUSE DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
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Jen O’Malley Dillon ([link removed]) , Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign manager, will be deputy chief of staff ([link removed]) in Biden’s White House. O’Malley Dillon is a former executive director of the Democratic National Committee and a founding partner of the Democratic consulting firm Precious Strategies. She led Beto O’Rourke’s 2020 presidential campaign before joining Biden’s.

 
** CEDRIC RICHMOND, SENIOR ADVISER
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Rep. Cedric Richmond ([link removed]) (D-La.) will leave Congress to join Biden’s White House as a senior adviser ([link removed]) focused on public engagement. He will conduct outreach to grassroots organizations, public interest and advocacy groups, the business community, and climate change activists. Richmond was a national co-chair of Biden’s presidential campaign. 

Richmond’s congressional district, Louisiana’s 2nd, is rated Solid Democratic. Vacancies are filled by special election.

 
** STEVE RICCHETTI, COUNSELOR TO THE PRESIDENT
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Steve Ricchetti, a longtime Biden aide, will serve as counselor to the president ([link removed]) —a role currently held by Hope Hicks and Derek Lyons in the Trump administration. Ricchetti worked for Biden during the Obama administration, serving as his chief of staff in 2013.

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* Biden and Harris will receive a non-governmental national security briefing ([link removed]) on Tuesday from diplomatic, intelligence, and defense experts. “The briefing is clearly part of the incoming administration's effort to pressure the General Services Administration to ascertain the election so that Biden can start receiving intelligence briefings,” NBC News reported.

* The Biden transition team has begun reviewing potential judicial nominees ([link removed]) , according to _The Huffington Post_. The U.S. Senate votes to confirm federal judicial nominees. Republicans will hold at least 50 seats in the U.S. Senate and Democrats 48. Two Georgia Senate races, which have runoffs on January 5, 2020, will determine control of the chamber.

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* CNN: Progressives turned out for Joe Biden. Now they want a big role in his administration. ([link removed])
* Government Executive: How Biden's Team Seeks to Mitigate the Impact of a Delayed Transition ([link removed])
* Politico: The Crisis that Forged Biden’s Chief of Staff ([link removed])

 
 

 
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