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The Politician (2019)

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We promise you bi partisanship.

Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school.

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Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Ben Platt
    Payton Hobart Ben Platt
  • Profile picture of Judith Light
    Dede Standish Judith Light
  • Profile picture of Lucy Boynton
    Astrid Sloan Lucy Boynton
  • Profile picture of Zoey Deutch
    Infinity Jackson Zoey Deutch
  • Profile picture of Julia Schlaepfer
    Alice Charles Julia Schlaepfer
  • Profile picture of Laura Dreyfuss
    McAfee Westbrook Laura Dreyfuss
  • Profile picture of Theo Germaine
    James Sullivan Theo Germaine
  • Profile picture of Rahne Jones
    Skye Leighton Rahne Jones
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Season 2

2020

7 episodes

Season 2 of The Politician premiered on June 19, 2020

Payton Hobart fights to unseat Dede Standish in the New York State Senate race. As a long-time incumbent and greatly admired Senate Majority Leader with no-nonsense Chief of Staff, Hadassah Gold at her side, Dede’s re-election was supposed to be easy, but Payton - who sees this as the next step on his path to the Presidency - must decide what kind of politician he ultimately wants to be in order to succeed, even if that means exposing secrets, lies, and a throuple.

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