Two of either Benson, the Governor, or the crooked senator will soon be out of a job. The episode, and also the series, end before the final winner is announced.
With Governor Gatling's term about to close and Benson up to run for Governor, the Governor learns that he can run for yet one more term and decides to grab it. This leads to a final competition, hurt, and quarrels between the Governor and Benson.
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A conservation expert may help Benson and the Governor pass an important bill. But when Kraus hears of the strategy, she leaks it out to a friend who turns out to be a columnist and a major gossip.
Clayton has his sights on running the family fortune, until he meets his father's new, young, and pretty fiancee. Then he realizes that inheriting the fortune will be pretty challenging.
Benson becomes involved in one of Clayton's wacky investment schemes. This one is investing in a wiener-dog to breed for puppies, but Benson grows too attached to the dog, as does also Clayton.
Despite warnings, on their way to fly a helicopter to play golf, Benson, the Governor, and Clayton run into disastrous problems with Clayton as their pilot.
When a budget surplus is discovered, the Governor and Benson become exposed to political embarrassment. Governor Gatling is away, so Benson and Clayton are assigned to spend an $8 million surplus before the next fiscal year begins: just hours away.
When Benson revisits a relationship with Senator Hartford, the Senator changes her position on Clayton's commercial-development-of-state-parks bill. When Benson calls her on it, she flip-flops again and ultimately abstains.