TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats have picked a former Kansas Department of Revenue employee to fill a vacancy in the state House.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Democratic precinct committee members on Thursday chose Freda Warfield to replace Rep. Vic Miller of Topeka.

Democrats appointed Miller last month to the Topeka-area Senate seat held by Gov.-elect Laura Kelly. She, Miller and Warfield take their new offices Jan. 14.

The 58-year-old Warfield worked in state government for nearly three decades, much of it as a Department of Revenue administrative assistant.

She prevailed in a 20-4...