Former Leahy aide to be Warner's chief of staff

Sen.-elect Mark Warner has chosen a former longtime aide to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy as his chief of staff.

Luke Albee, now with the political consulting firm Ricchetti Inc., spent 11 years as Leahy's chief of staff and 20 as a Senate aide.

"I am pleased to have someone with Luke Albee's experience working with us in the Senate," Warner said. "Luke has earned respect from both sides of the aisle, and he's widely known for his ability to bring people together to create common-sense solutions."

Albee, 48, is a graduate of the University of Vermont and earned a masters' degree in international relations from the London School of Economics.  Albee and his wife, Beth, have four children.