List of The West Wing Characters - Campaign Staff

Campaign Staff

• Bruno Gianelli, played by Ron Silver, was a political operative introduced in the third season as the campaign manager of Bartlet's 2002 bid for reelection, and continued in this role through the fourth season. His unmatched track record of victories included a House district that no Democrat had won for decades and a win for an unspecified Prime Minister of Israel. The character reappeared as Eric Baker's campaign manager for the 2006 Democratic primary, only to become an independent consultant to Republican nominee Arnold Vinick after Baker withdrew from the race; the change of political affiliations mirrored Ron Silver's real-world change of party affiliation, as the actor campaigned for President George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election.
• Josephine "Joey" Lucas — Marlee Matlin: Political consultant, pollster often consulted by the White House and Democratic campaigns (Seasons 1–7). The character is also deaf (as is Matlin in real life).
• Kenny Thurman — Bill O'Brien: Joey Lucas's sign interpreter (Seasons 1–7).
• Connie Tate — Connie Britton: Bartlet-Hoynes re-election campaign staffer (Season 3); she's a likable woman who quickly befriends Sam Seaborn.
• Doug Wegland — Evan Handler: Bartlet-Hoynes re-election campaign staffer and speechwriter (Season 3); he's acerbic and lands on Toby Ziegler's wrong side, but ends up winning the staffers' respect with his good ideas and staunch belief in them.
• Kevin Kahn — Patrick Breen: Former friend of Sam Seaborn. Staffer on Ritchie's 2002 presidential campaign (Season 3), who ends up humiliating Sam by leaking an attack ad that made the Bartlet campaign look vindictive and stupid.
• Dylan Clark — Tim Kelleher: Hoynes' Campaign Manager (Season 6).