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Matt Santos

The Texas congressman who runs to succeed Bartlet and wins.

Matt Santos is a Texas congressman and former mayor of Houston, played by Jimmy Smits. Josh Lyman talks him into running for President.

He wins the Democratic nomination and then the election, succeeding Bartlet.

Background

John Wells cast Smits after seeing him in a 2004 Shakespeare in the Park production. Santos is a regular in seasons six and seven.

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