Miles Kasher

Senator Miles James Kasher is part of the main cast of the show The Council of Averages. He is a Democratic senator from New York.

History
He was born in New York in 1951 to a single mother from Poland named Melanie Letzel.

When he was 18, he allegedly was present for the Stonewall riots.

When he was a young man, he lived in Long Island with a roommate named Troy.

In college, he met Meiri Steuermann, and they dated for 7 years before getting married and having two daughters, Annina and Seraphine. Annina later married an Indian lawyer named Sunitha Thapar, while Seraphine married a cab driver named Parker Kreutzwald. Seraphine and Parker have twin children, Emmeline and Marius.

He successfully ran for the United States Senate in 1982 as a Democrat from New York. As a senator, he lives with eight other senators in Washington, D.C.

Appearance
Miles is slightly below average height and slightly above average weight. He has fair skin and blue-grey eyes. His hair used to be brown, but it has turned grey with age.

He wears a black suit and tie.

Personality
Miles is reasonable, intelligent and principled. He is respectful and courteous. When he was younger, he was significantly "dorkier."

Leighton Vaile
Miles and Leighton are coworkers and roommates. They have several common interests, including TV shows and music. They often vent to each other about both their work and personal lives.

Appearances

 * S1EP1: Pilot
 * S1EP2: Indecision (background)
 * S1EPs3-4: Be-Bop-A-Lula, Out of Service
 * S1EP5: Aristocracy (background)
 * S1EP6: Master of Reality (cameo)
 * S1EPs7-12: Showdown In The Senate Chamber, On Top of The World, Trouble, Dreams Are For Sleeping, Modern Times, The Miracle
 * S1EP13: Botched Attempt (background)
 * S1EPs14-17: Come On To Me, Au Contraire, Existential Issues, A Cellarful of Noise