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1. Midterms

Fresh off successful campaign appearances for midterm elections, Selina sees an opportunity to expand her role, but must first curry favor with Kent Davison, the president's icy senior strategist. Meanwhile, there are new developments in the staff's personal lives.

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Selina's party does poorly in the midterm election, though Selina has a successful campaign, which she attempts to leverage into greater influence for herself. A presidential strategist named Kent Davison ( Gary Cole ), with whom Selina has a troubled history, returns from an absence. Selina is assigned responsibility for foreign relations. Meanwhile, there are new developments in the staff's personal lives: Amy's father is in the hospital; Gary has a new girlfriend, Dana; Mike has money problems; Ben Cafferty ( Kevin Dunn ), the President's Chief of Staff, is depressed.

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