Shandy Leer

Shandy Leer is the main character of the first series of Polifiction. He is a Democratic Party politician serving in his hometown of Manchester, New Hampshire. He successfully completed two terms as governor.

Background
Shandy was born in Manchester, New Hampshire to his parents Ricky and Naoki Leer. He has an older brother named Brett.

He studied political science in university. After graduating from university, Shandy enrolled in law school. Eventually, he completed the program and began working for Love and Associates law firm.

At the age of 33, Shandy ran for school board director in his district. He won and eventually resigned from the law firm to take office. Shandy served a single term and chose not to run for re-election to return to work as a lawyer.

Shandy ran a campaign for governor of New Hampshire as a Democrat. At this time, New Hampshire was a Republican state, but no Republican filed to run for Governor. Instead, he faced Kira Smith of the Green Party. Shandy defeated her 53%-44%.

During his first term, his wife Flor was assassinated outside the state capitol.

Shandy ran for re-election and faced Robert Bumgarner of the Republican Party. He won 60% of the vote, re-elected to a second term.

Relations
Shandy first met a certain Flor Reyes, a writer from Chile who is five years his senior. She eventually gave birth to their son, Kava, and a daughter, Tyron. A third child, Charity, followed too. Some time later, Flor proposed to Shandy and he accepted her proposal. They married and went to Kentucky for their honeymoon. Unfortunately, while serving as First Lady of New Hampshire, Flor was assassinated outside the state capitol. This almost drove Shandy into a bout of depression, but he knew that he wouldn't be eligible to lead New Hampshire if he was depressed.

After Flor's death, Shandy adopted a girl named Sophie and a boy named Dirk.

Shandy began dating Penelope Durant. She eventually became his second wife after his service as governor.