Bruno Gianelli Campaign Director

• As director of Bartlet's re-election campaign, Bruno got 12% of the ad-buys, hiring prerogatives for campaign staff, a room at the Hay-Adams, and a car and driver.  He wanted unfettered access to the President, but wasn't able to negotiate it [3.2].
• Bruno's record is quite impressive:  he got 5 senators, 3 governors, and the prime minister of Israel elected. Still, Leo thinks he may never have voted in his life [3.2].
• Bruno worked with Joey Lucas in California, and says "she's good" [3.2].
• He calls Margaret "red-headed girl" [3.1].

Connie Tate

• Connie was brought onto the campaign by Bruno [3.2].
• But her exact job description is unclear; Sam Seaborn thinks she's the person who waits until the more volatile Doug leaves the room and rephrases his points; she says that sometimes it's her job to do that when Doug's still in the room [3.2].

Douglas Wegland

• Doug is a campaign strategist and speechwriter brought onto the campaign by Bruno.  Of Bartlet, Doug says that he "never drank the kool-aid," implying that he is outside of the Cult of Bartlet and can see the situation more clearly than the West Wing staffers [3.2].
• His exact job description is unclear, but he spends a considerable amount of time butting heads with Toby and Sam; he remarked that Toby had a problem with him, and he "would like to know the nature of it" [3.2].
• He argued repeatedly that the President needed to apologize for lying [3.2].
• Doug is from Oregon, where -- he says -- they like it for people to stand up and say they're wrong [3.2].

Ritchie*
Governor of Florida

• Presidential candidate in 2002¹.  At the time of the Iowa Caucus, he wasn't considered a serious candidate [3.12].
• Supports referendum banning any use of race in college admissions [3.12].
• Ritchie is the author of A Promise to Lead, although Charlie, at least, believes it was ghostwritten [3.16].
• Bartlet slyly remarks that Ritchie has a .22 caliber mind in a .357 magnum world, which sets the press off into a flurry, questioning if Ritchie has the intellectual wherewithal to be President [3.16].

Daniel*

• Presidential candidate in 2002 [3.12]. Considered a "serious candidate" by Bartlet.

Kalmbach*

• Presidential candidate in 2002 [3.12]. Considered a "serious candidate" by Bartlet.
• House Chairman of a Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary subcommittee who opposes funding the administration's lawsuit against Big Tobacco [2.21].
• He received $460,000 in campaign funds from tobacco company political action committees in the last election cycle [2.21].
• Josh calls him a "fatass Rotarian gasbag"  who is vulnerable in his home state because of an influx of high tech industries. Bruno notes that if Kalmbach had won the nomination, the Bartlet campaign could have used his support for nicotine against him [3.2].

Simon*

• Presidential candidate in 2002 [3.12].

Weston*

• Presidential candidate in 2002 [3.12]. Considered a "serious candidate" by Bartlet.

* Individuals noted with an asterisk have been mentioned, but have never appeared.

1 The similarities between the fictional Governor Ritchie and George W. Bush are intentional. Among other things, Bush and Ritchie both have publicly-questioned intellectual capacities.