Scott Holcomb

Named publicly by Will as Campaign Manager during the roll call; his naming serves as confirmation of the field team's quality and signals to Sam the professional leadership he'll inherit.

Scott Holcomb is named aloud by Will as Campaign Manager; he is not physically present but his placement is used to shore up credibility and reassure reporters about operational competence.

Referenced by Bartlet as 'terrific' when discussing Sam's preferences; not present but invoked to humanize Sam's political network.

Scott is only referenced by Sam as the local campaign manager who shifted a Teamsters appearance to a Manufacturing Association breakfast, implicitly taking tactical heat for scheduling tradeoffs.

Scott delivers a blunt, managerial warning about optics, insisting Sam must actively avoid looking subordinate. He frames appearances as pivotal to local credibility and presses urgency, using earthy metaphors to …

Scott interrupts Sam's post-call moment to deliver a blunt, tactical directive: avoid appearing overly dependent on Bartlet. He uses sharp metaphors ('aid-de-camp,' 'waterboy') to force Sam to visualize the risk …

Mentioned by Will as the person he wants to speak with about campaign handling; not present but functions as the off‑stage campaign authority whose actions are under scrutiny.

Scott Holcomb is discussed by Sam and critiqued by C.J. and Josh as the campaign manager whose local tactics precipitated the bad press; he is not present but his strategy …

Mentioned repeatedly as the campaign manager whose strategy the national committee backstops; criticized by C.J. and defended implicitly by Sam's loyalty, but not physically present in the scene.

Scott Holcomb is not in the room but is the subject of critique and defense; his national-committee-aligned strategy drives the argument and shapes Sam's decision to have a private strategy …

Scott identifies the historical significance of Perez's background—alerting the group that Perez ran for governor on the Communist ticket—and reacts with pragmatic alarm about the implications for the campaign.

Scott identifies Ivan's political history to the group (notes he ran for governor on the Communist ticket), reacts with alarm at the photograph, and argues practical campaign concern and staffing …

Referenced by Toby as the staffer who booked Sam into the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce; his scheduling decision is the proximate cause of the campaign conversation but he is …

Mentioned by Will as the person who scheduled Sam at the Newport Beach Chamber, serving as a trigger for Toby's concern; not physically present but influential in the conversation's logistics.

Referenced by C.J. and Toby as the DNC's preferred manager (Holcomb); his presence is invoked as part of the debate over who should run Sam's campaign, not physically present.

Scott Holcomb is not present but is invoked by Toby and C.J. as the DNC's preferred choice for the Orange County campaign, functioning as the institutional obstacle to White House …

Scott enters, asks the staff to leave, and directly urges Sam to publicly oppose the White House announcement that night as a show of independence from the West Wing, arguing …

Enters backstage, objects loudly to Sam's endorsement of the tax plan as reckless given local dynamics, argues Webb will win and chastises burning DNC bridges; promptly removed from his role …

Enters backstage angrily after Sam's onstage endorsement, protests that Sam 'did not just say that,' is confronted indirectly by Bartlet and is fired over the phone for running his own …

Scott arrives backstage, expresses alarm and objection at Sam's onstage endorsement and the risk of burning DNC bridges; immediately becomes the target of Bartlet's dismissal.