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    Who Is Cedric Richmond?: Joe Biden

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    Cedric Richmond is a politician from New Orleans, Louisiana who has held several elected offices. He was elected to the Louisiana state legislature at age 26 and later served as a U.S. Congressman from 2011 to 2021. After co-chairing Joe Biden's successful 2020 presidential campaign, Richmond was appointed as a senior adviser to President-elect Biden and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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    Cedric Richmond is a politician from New Orleans, Louisiana who has held several elected offices. He was elected to the Louisiana state legislature at age 26 and later served as a U.S. Congressman from 2011 to 2021. After co-chairing Joe Biden's successful 2020 presidential campaign, Richmond was appointed as a senior adviser to President-elect Biden and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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    Cedric Richmond is a politician from New Orleans, Louisiana who has held several elected offices. He was elected to the Louisiana state legislature at age 26 and later served as a U.S. Congressman from 2011 to 2021. After co-chairing Joe Biden's successful 2020 presidential campaign, Richmond was appointed as a senior adviser to President-elect Biden and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

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    Who Is Cedric Richmond?

    Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, Cedric Richmond was elected to
    the state legislature at age 26. He moved on to a U.S. congressional seat in
    2011, eventually joining the House Judiciary and Ways and Means
    committees and becoming chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. After co-
    chairing Joe Biden's successful 2020 presidential campaign, Richmond was
    appointed senior adviser to the president-elect and director of the White
    House Office of Public Engagement.

    Early Life and Education

    Cedric Levon Richmond was born on September 13, 1973, in eastern New


    Orleans, Louisiana. Enduring the death of his father when he was just 7 years
    old, Richmond credits his mother, Maple, and the recreational coaches at a
    local playground with providing firm guidance.

    Richmond became a multi-sport star at Benjamin Franklin High School and


    continued playing baseball at Morehouse College, earning his B.A. in 1995.
    He went on to attend Tulane University School of Law and complete the
    Harvard University Executive Education Program at the John F. Kennedy
    School of Government.

    Louisiana State Legislature

    Richmond embarked on a lengthy political career with his election to the


    Louisiana State Legislature from District 101 in 1999. A Democrat, he rose to
    become chairman of the Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the
    Legislative Audit Advisory Council, his accomplishments including the creation
    of the State New Markets Tax Credit program that brought more than $250
    million to areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

    Richmond's popularity helped him survive some bumpy patches during this
    period: He misrepresented his primary residence while seeking election to the
    New Orleans City Council in 2005, leading to his disqualification from the race
    and brief suspension of his license to practice law, and was involved in a fight
    at a pool hall in 2007.
    U.S. Congressman

    Following an unsuccessful attempt at a U.S. congressional seat in 2008,


    Richmond earned the endorsement of President Barack Obama en route
    to easily defeating incumbent Republican Ánh "Joseph" Cao for Louisiana's
    2nd Congressional District in November 2010.

    Committees and Legislation

    A member of the New Democrat Coalition since his early days in the U.S.
    House of Representatives, Richmond also joined the House Committee on
    Homeland Security, the Judiciary Committee and the Ways and Means
    Committee.

    Richmond sponsored 90 bills during his decade-long tenure in the chamber,


    including the Community Lending and Small Business Jobs Act of 2013, the
    American Housing and Economic Mobility Act in 2018 and the Beyond the
    Box for Higher Education Act of 2019. He also emerged as a prominent
    congressional voice for crucial discussions about COVID-19 relief and police
    reform in 2020.

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