Top Biden adviser Cedric Richmond tests positive for COVID-19

Published December 17, 2020 11:06pm ET



Rep. Cedric Richmond, an incoming top White House aide to President-elect Joe Biden, is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19.

The Democrat from Louisiana traveled to Georgia this week to support Biden’s campaign events for the state’s Democratic Senate candidates but wasn’t in close contact with the next president, according to Biden’s transition team.

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