A savvy political strategist and no-nonsense negotiator, the character was said to have been based on real-life political media advisor Mandy Grunwald.
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It has been said Mandy Hampton was partially inspired by Mandy Grunwald, the Democratic political consultant and media advisor who worked on the presidential campaigns for both Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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She was White House media consultant during the first season of the show, and the former girlfriend of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman, with whom she often clashed.
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