Andrea Wyatt (Congresswoman)

sarcastic petty direct playful insistent reluctant moralistic independent sharp-witted

Member of Congress with a focus on criminal justice policy and intra-administration strategy.

9 appearances

Congressional legislative politics / criminal justice policy

Also known as: Rep. Wyatt, Representative Wyatt

Andrea Wyatt …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

9 moments

S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Pie, Politics, and Mandatory Minimums

Warm and mischievous at surface; beneath the levity is earnest impatience and moral impatience, pressing for recognition of injustice.

Andrea (Andy) sits on the blanket, produces a Tupperware pie, flirts and cajoles Toby into walking with her, then forcefully frames Mandatory Minimums as a racist policy, refusing to let …

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Public Trap, Private Spark

Playful and confident on the surface; simultaneously attentive to the political stakes and willing to disarm Toby with personal disclosure.

Andy quietly enters the press room, sits through the ambush, and then in the hallway casually reveals a date with Victor Stipe. She teases Toby, flirts, and deliberately pivots back …

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Leo's Press Trap: Exposing Congressional Hypocrisy

Calm and lightly amused in private; earnest about policy but willing to soften tension with personal connection and flirtation.

Andrea enters quietly, listens during Leo's confrontation, then follows Toby into the hallway where she shifts tone to playful and intimate: teases him about dating choices, reveals a minor personal …

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Midnight Reassurance — Bartlet Sets the Terms

Absent physically; rhetorically potent—her views catalyze the shift toward values framing.

Referenced by Toby as the congresswoman who persuaded him—not present, but her influence propels Toby's moral argument and forces the President to acknowledge the racial inequity of mandatory minimums.

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Reassurance and Resolve: Leo's Doubt, Bartlet's Moral Sell

Absent physically but represented as morally forceful and uncompromising through Toby's report.

Not physically present in the room but present as the originating voice of the argument; her data and moral framing are transmitted by Toby, making her intellectual and ethical stance …

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S1E20 · Mandatory Minimums

Apology Accepted — Bartlet Moves the Team to Moral Ground

Off‑scene; operates as a catalytic presence—her moral fervor colors staff deliberations.

Congresswoman Andrea Wyatt is not physically present but her argument (mandatory minimums are racially disparate) is voiced by Toby and taken up by the President, making her the moral provocateur …

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S2E15 · Ellie

Toby's 'Sturgeon General' Jab Reveals Ex-Wife Andy's Arrival

Sardonic reluctance laced with unresolved resentment

Andy arrives in lobby, greets Sam politely then Toby with cheek kiss, spars sarcastically during walk to office about Commission suspicions, rebuffs Toby's pitch inside over coffee/Danish, grabs pastry defiantly …

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S2E15 · Ellie

Toby's Awkward Ex-Wife Reunion and Petty Pitch Rejection

Sardonic confidence veiling pointed resentment

Andy awaits in lobby, greets Sam warmly then kisses Toby's cheek ironically, banters sharply during walk exposing Commission suspicions, rebuffs Toby's flattery and plea outright upon entering office, grabs Danish …

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S2E15 · Ellie

Andy and Toby's Fever-Pitch Yelling Clash Peaks with Interruptions

Explosively angry, laced with personal grudge

Yelling near the top of her voice in heated confrontation with ex-husband Toby, Andy forcefully interjects 'Hang on' to interrupt and seize conversational control, her body language assertive amid the …

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Affiliation

Labor Unions

Collective Bargaining, Labor Relations, and Political Mobilization