The seventh season sees Meyer attempting to run for president once again in the 2020 election, featuring her former political rivals Ryan and James as major competitors, in addition to introducing the young, likable, and progressive challenger Kemi Talbot ( Toks Olagundoye). At the end of the season, Meyer decides to run for president again. The sixth season follows Meyer out of office for the first time in the series, as she attempts to ensure her legacy by authoring a memoir, setting up a foundation and attempting to establish a presidential library.
The Senate vote also ends in a tie Meyer's disgruntled Vice President Andrew Doyle ( Phil Reeves), who did not run for a full term, casts the tiebreaking vote for O'Brien's running mate Laura Montez ( Andrea Savage) instead of Meyer's running mate Tom James ( Hugh Laurie), leading to Montez becoming president. The House vote ends in a tie meaning that when the Senate votes to elect the Vice President the winner will be the next president. The election results in a tie between Meyer and challenger Bill O'Brien ( Brad Leland), leading to a contingent election in the House of Representatives during the fifth season to decide the next president after a recount in Nevada fails to alter the election's outcome.
The fourth season finds her adjusting to her new role while continuing her presidential campaign, both of which are undermined by a series of scandals. This becomes a moot point when Hughes abruptly resigns and Meyer begins her presidential campaign at the end of the third season. In the second season, Meyer comes to accrue some power and influence and, by the end of the season, is actively considering challenging Hughes for their party's nomination in the 2016 election. Meyer frequently finds herself relegated and ignored by Hughes, who is never depicted on-screen at the outset of the series. Jonah Ryan ( Timothy Simons), initially a White House liaison to the Vice President's office and later a New Hampshire congressman, also features prominently. Later additions to her team as president include White House Chief of Staff Ben Cafferty ( Kevin Dunn) and political strategist Kent Davison ( Gary Cole). Her staff as Vice President, upon whom Meyer is almost totally reliant, includes chief of staff Amy Brookheimer ( Anna Chlumsky) director of communications Mike McLintock ( Matt Walsh) deputy director of communications Dan Egan ( Reid Scott) body man Gary Walsh ( Tony Hale) and personal secretary Sue Wilson ( Sufe Bradshaw). Meyer subsequently joins the Hughes ticket as his running mate and is elected Vice President. Formerly a United States Senator from Maryland, Meyer campaigns for her party's nomination in the 2012 presidential election and is initially the front-runner, but ultimately loses the nomination to Stuart Hughes. Her party affiliation is never discussed, although it is hinted in the fourth season finale that it is Democratic. The series follows the personal life and political career of Selina Meyer ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Vice President and, later, President of the United States. Other members of the cast who received Emmy nominations include Anna Chlumsky (six nominations), Gary Cole (one nomination), Matt Walsh (two nominations), Martin Mull (one nomination), Hugh Laurie (one nomination), and Peter MacNicol (one nomination). For his portrayal of Selina's personal aide, Gary, Tony Hale received six consecutive Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, winning in 20. Louis-Dreyfus' performance won her six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Critics' Choice Television Awards, a Television Critics Association Award, and five consecutive Golden Globe nominations.
Its second, fourth, and sixth seasons won the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series, and its third season won the Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Comedy. Veep received critical acclaim and won several major awards, including seven consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, winning that award for its fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.
The series follows Meyer and her team as they attempt to make their mark and leave a legacy but often instead become mired in day-to-day political games. The protagonist of Veep is Selina Meyer ( Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a fictional Vice President of the United States. The series was created by Armando Iannucci as an adaptation of his sitcom The Thick of It. Veep is an American political satire comedy television series that aired on HBO from April 22, 2012, to May 12, 2019.