Character

Kevin Kahn

Kevin Kahn surges as Governor Ritchie's sly campaign operative, masterminding shadow strikes against Bartlet's bid. Clandestine lunches with Sam Seaborn veil cutthroat plays—monthly coffees, Clean Campaign pledges clash against festering grudges from Sam's old Ritchie roasts. He feigns outrage over the MS ad leak, hints at prior knowledge, pledges mole hunts, then betrays it all by exposing their meet to scream hypocrisy. Rain-lashed Dupont Towers erupt in shoved vendettas and collision vows. Now, his venomous AP quote twists Bartlet's Everglades fix as sugar-farmer sabotage, sparking 'What's Bartlet hiding?' ads and White House fury.

9 appearances

Kevin Kahn's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

9 moments

S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Bruno Exposes MS-Targeting Ad as Devastating Weapon, Staff Rejects Sam's Risky Confrontation

Proposed by Sam as person to confront about the ad; Bruno distrusts him

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Margaret and Donna Rally Assistants Against Salary Leak Backlash

casual and friendly

speaking on phone with Sam, checking in and suggesting lunch at Charlie's

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Josh Confronts Donna Over Intern's eBay Moose Meat Sale

friendly

Receives call from Sam, casually checks in and suggests lunch.

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Sam Seizes Urgent Call from Kahn to Arrange Strategic Lunch

Feigned casualness concealing tactical maneuvering

Kevin Kahn engages Sam on the phone with casual check-in after a month's silence, proposes lunch under pretext of friendliness, deftly redirects Sam's Old Ebbitts suggestion to Charlie's at 1 …

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Sam Reveals Leaked MS Attack Ad, Accusing Kahn's Mole

Feigned casualness masking underlying resentment and strategic calculation

Kevin Kahn dines across from Sam, proposes monthly lunches as emissaries and pushes for the Clean Campaign pledge, downplays the open-mic humiliation with feigned nonchalance, recognizes the attack ad tape …

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Bruno Schools Sam on Deception in Leaked Lunch Fallout

Calculated smugness in absentia

Accused off-screen by Bruno of leaking the secret lunch and tape to portray Sam—and by extension the Bartlet camp—as Clean Campaign hypocrites, weaponizing the betrayal in media narratives.

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S3E19 · The Black Vera Wang

Rain-Soaked Shove: Sam's Betrayal Fury Ignites Kahn's Open Mic Vendetta

Scoffing disdain veiling seething resentment and predatory glee

Kahn strides out of Dupont Towers into the storm, absorbs Sam's shove with a curt 'Go to hell,' dismisses the open-mic defense as 'crap,' reveals deep grudge over Ritchie's humiliation, …

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S3E21 · Posse Comitatus

Toby and Sam Plot Blame-Shifting Counterstrike Against Ritchie's Everglades Leak

Smug provocation through absent aggression

His leaked quote to AP is read aloud by Toby, falsely portraying Bartlet's Everglades plan as taxing sugar farmers into unemployment, fueling Ritchie's attack ads; serves as catalyst for White …

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S4E5 · Debate Camp

C.J. Practices Alone — A Compliment That Cuts to a Vulnerability

Not present; functions as rehearsal shorthand.

Called out in the mock roll call; serves as a placeholder in C.J.'s mental rehearsal of question order and likely lines of inquiry.

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Affiliation

Ritchie Camp