Biden Taps Several Senior Campaign Aides For Key White House Positions

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President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond (left) for a top job in his White House.





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O’Malley Dillon, 44, is the first woman to lead a Democratic presidential campaign to victory. She joined Biden’s campaign in April during a shake-up, and had been a deputy campaign manager for former President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Ricchetti was deputy chief of staff to former President Bill Clinton and adviser to Biden. A lobbyist during the George W. Bush era, he joined Biden in the Obama White House. Some progressive groups have been uncomfortable with Ricchetti’s ties to industry and have urged Biden to keep lobbyists out of his administration.

The transition committee also named two people as senior aides to the incoming first lady.

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon will be Jill Biden’s chief of staff and Anthony Bernal will be a senior adviser.

Pantaleon is an alum of the Obama-Biden administration with expertise in Central America. Most recently, she’s been a partner at the law firm of Winston & Strawn.

Bernal was deputy campaign manager and chief of staff to Jill Biden during the campaign and has been an assistant to the Biden family for the last decade.

The appointments from the president-elect come as the current officeholder, President Trump, refuses to concede.