President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to bring Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond with him to the White House as a senior adviser sets up what is likely to be the first special election of 2021.
With Democrats’ House majority much diminished, even a handful of vacancies could make legislating fraught with difficulty in the early days of the Biden administration, and Biden has stated publicly his reticence to appoint members of the House and Senate to executive branch positions.
But the elevation of Richmond, an early backer of Biden’s who served as his national campaign co-chairman, will likely be a straightforward, relatively…
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