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===Campaign video=== During the 2012 campaign season, most of the cast—including Mary McCormack as Kate Harper—appeared in a video paid for by the campaign to elect McCormack's sister [[Bridget Mary McCormack]] to a seat on the [[Michigan Supreme Court]]. Gently parodying the television series, the characters earnestly discuss the fact that voters often fail to vote in the non-partisan section of their ballots, which in this case would include court candidates such as Bridget McCormack, whose qualifications they praise. Although she is referred to as the sister of actress Mary McCormack, the characters do not recognize the name, except for Harper who finds it vaguely familiar.<ref>{{Cite web |title='West Wing' Reunion Doubles as Campaign Ad for Judicial Candidate |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/west-wing-reunion-doubles-campaign-ad-judicial-candidate/323400/ |last=Bennett |first=Dashiell |date=September 20, 2012 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US |access-date=May 17, 2020 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212070000/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/09/west-wing-reunion-doubles-campaign-ad-judicial-candidate/323400/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=How Michigan judicial candidate Bridget Mary McCormack got 'The West Wing' cast for her campaign video|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 20, 2012|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/how-michigan-judicial-candidate-bridget-mary-mccormack-got-the-west-wing-cast-for-her-campaign-video/2012/09/20/a2d53326-0347-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_blog.html|access-date=January 15, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116140702/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/how-michigan-judicial-candidate-bridget-mary-mccormack-got-the-west-wing-cast-for-her-campaign-video/2012/09/20/a2d53326-0347-11e2-91e7-2962c74e7738_blog.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Bridget McCormack was subsequently elected. {{anchor|A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote}} <!-- if section title changes -->
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