Battleground - Season 1

It is four weeks before the Wisconsin Democratic Primary, and State Senator Deirdre Samuels' election team strives to make up ground by manuevering the incumbent, Jack Makers, into a debate.

Three weeks until the primary and State Senator Samuels has made significant progress in the race, but her opponent starts using innuendos about her sexual preference as a tactic to discredit her.

Two weeks until the Primary and Samuels is still gaining ground. A negative ad by their opponent infuriates Tak and he must decide whether to retaliate, all while internal campaign issues and pressure negatively affect his personal life.

The latest poll show Samuels only 2 percentage points behind incumbent Senator Makers. A Facebook comment causes dissension in the campaign ranks but an unexpected event changes everything.

Three days until the Primary and Samuels is still four percentage points behind. Tak obtains some damaging information on their major opponent and must decide whether to use it or not.

The day of the Primary arrives and Tak must deal with last minute dirty campaign tactics from their opponent, plus once again Samuels' husband insists on being a liability to his wife's campaign,

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.

A flashback documentary episode that shows the time when Tak worked for his father on one of Senator Makers' campaigns, and when he met his future wife Sarah.

One week until the election and Samuels has closed to within three percentage points. The campaign gets an unexpected visit from the national organization, much to Tak's disgust. Plus, a Creighton press conference drops a bombshell.

Two days until the election and the revelations about Samuels' infidelity have hurt, increasing her deficit to seven percentage points. Despite Tak's protests, Samuels takes advice from their national advisor and a so called "press conference" ends up a disaster. Meanwhile, the budding romance between Ben and Lindsey continues to flourish, much to Jordan's dismay.

It's election day and Samuels has pulled even with her Republican opponent, Governor Creighton. President Obama comes to Wisconsin to try to help swing votes for Samuels, but election day shenanigans threaten to defeat them.