Biden's ambassador to the GOP

Sen. Chris Coons' relationships with Republicans will be critical to advancing the new president's agenda.

Chris Coons was in the final two when it came to Joe Biden’s search for a secretary of State. But the president-elect had a simple message when he broke the news that the job would instead go to Tony Blinken.

“I need you in the Senate,” Biden told his Delaware ally during a long conversation on Nov. 16.

The next president is telling that to lots of Democrats these days as he tries to staff...