After winning the Primary, State Senator Samuels has four weeks until the election to overcome a fifteen percentage point deficit to Governor Creighton. New roadblocks magically appear in their path, courtesy of the Creighton political machine, but there appears to be good news, an unexpected endorsement.

Now three weeks until the election and Senator Makers entry into the race as an independent has not helped Samuels standing, still sixteen percentage points behind. Tak worries about their finances while KJ struggles to write a speech in Cole's absence. Meanwhile Jordan films a commercial.

Now two weeks until the election and Samuels has taken a big step forward, now only five percentage points behind, largely due to independent candidate Makers taking away votes from both Samuels and Creighton. Tak tries to talk Cole into returning to the campaign, while an unexpected visit from his father leads to grief. A break-in occurs at the campus headquarters and in addition to the theft of their fax machine, a laptop with critical information also is missing.