Who would Joe Biden pick for the FCC?

Joe Biden may or may not have a short list of people he'd nominate to chair the Federal Communications Commission, but the rest of Washington does. Tech lobbyists, tech activists, and current and former FCC officials have all begun speculating about who Biden would choose if he wins. There's a long list of Democrats with FCC experience, and a number of them are people of color, which is sure to be a factor for Biden if he's elected; several insiders said that being a white male would be just short of disqualifying for the top slot at the FCC under a Biden administration. Here are the potential nominees whose names are coming up most often in these conversations, arranged roughly in the order in which tech insiders rank their odds.

• Former FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
• Current FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel
• Current FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
• Former FCC staffer Gigi Sohn
• Former National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Strickling
• Former FCC staffer Anna Gomez
• DLA Piper Partner Edward "Smitty" Smith
• Former FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc
• Former FCC and Congressional staffer Clint Odom
• Former California Public Utilities Commissioner Catherine Sandoval
• Former White House advisor Susan Crawford
• Former FCC staffer Blair Levin
• Senate Commerce Committee Senior Counsel John Branscome
• Free Press CEO Jessica González
• Brookings Institution's Nicol Turner Lee