Running Mate: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Se Hoon is a model student with good grades, but an unfortunate incident on the bus one day earns him the humiliating nickname of ‘Erector.' The choir director, Won Dae, asks him to be his running mate for the upcoming student council election. Needing to rehabilitate his image, Se Hoon agrees, only to find out that he is Won Dae's twelfth running mate. With his pride bruised, Se Hoon decides to join Sang Hyun, a walking luxury man known as the local social butterfly.

Series details

• Title: Running Mate
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2025-06-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-06-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: TVING
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 82534
• TVDB ID: 429132

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-06-19; final listed air date 2025-06-19; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

Adapted from Running Mate on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.