Annie Karni is a politics reporter at Politico.

With Hillary Clinton leading the polls, the behind-the-scenes jockeying has already begun over just who would earn a spot in her circle of closest aides. With 24 years in national politics under her belt, Clinton has a deep bench to draw on if she wants to; this year, the key to Clinton’s campaign team was how she balanced those longtime loyalists with some new blood. So what would her kitchen cabinet look like if she wins on Tuesday? Whoever gets the nod will be shaping the administration of a historic presidency—but also heading into almost unimaginable friction in Washington even before Clinton takes the oath of office in January. It's fair to expect Clinton will stick to her campaign formula as she shapes her West Wing: a mix of inner circle aides that have served Clinton for decades, as well as skilled operatives who more recently proved themselves during perhaps the most grueling campaign in American history. Here, for the sake of argument, we've assembled a speculative lineup of 12 of Clinton’s most trusted aides and advisers, and the roles they might—might!—play in her administration.

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Cheryl Mills | Senior adviser

Mills is the power center of Clinton’s universe, whether she’s serving inside an administration or giving advice from outside. Mills—who served as one of Bill Clinton’s attorneys during impeachment and as Hillary Clinton’s chief of staff at the State Department—played no official role on Clinton’s presidential campaign. But even then, she was never far from the action. Alongside campaign chairman John Podesta, she oversaw the vice presidential vetting process, remained deeply involved in the email scandal that hung like a cloud over the entire campaign, and helped prep Clinton for her marathon 11-hour Benghazi hearing. “She’s no-nonsense, no messing around, she tells it like it is with both of them, with Hillary and the president,” says a former colleague. The only thing that would prevent Mills from holding a senior post in Clinton’s White House would be because she is in a better position as she is: Running her own company that builds businesses in Africa, she’s still got all the influence as a core adviser, without the confines and responsibilities of being within the administration.

Robby Mook | Senior adviser

Clinton’s decision to place the sunny, 36-year-old at the helm of her campaign marked a major departure from how she had made staffing decisions in the past, when she promoted mainly from within her own inner circle. In Mook, she picked a skilled manager with a deep faith in ground organizing and a knack for instilling deep loyalty in his team (when Clinton won the Nevada caucus, her operatives in Brooklyn were cheering for Mook, not the candidate). Mook first gained the trust of Terry McAuliffe, the Clintons’ longtime best friend, when he ran his successful Virginia gubernatorial bid in 2013. Mook was also a breakout organizing star of Clinton’s failed bid eight years ago—he ran the organization in Ohio and Nevada, delivering wins in both states. While Mook has been trying to make history electing the first female president, he also made history of his own as the first openly gay campaign manager of a major presidential campaign.

Brian Fallon | Press secretary

Fallon, a former communications aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer and former Attorney General Eric Holder, was a new addition to Clintonworld this cycle. With no close, personal connection to the Clintons, he came in with a reputation as something of a talented hired gun. But Fallon’s background at the Department of Justice proved invaluable for a campaign that spent a large portion of its time defending and explaining the complicated issues of classified documents and how Clinton handled them at the State Department, and responding to FBI investigations into her email use. Fallon quickly gained the respect and trust of both Clintons and became one of the campaign's most effective surrogates on television, rattling off the campaign’s forceful pushback on the email and Clinton Foundation scandals throughout the campaign. Clinton's trusted traveling press aide Nick Merrill—who was at Clinton's side at the State Department and served as a one-man press operation for the years when Clinton was out of government and mulling another run—is also expected to have a senior communications role in the administration.

Karen Finney | Deputy communications director

Finney has been a staple of Clintonworld for decades, starting her career as a press secretary for the first lady in the 1990s. She has also worked as communications director for the Democratic National Committee. This cycle, Finney, who is personally close with Clinton, switched over to run communications for running mate Tim Kaine. The thinking was that the Virginia senator needed someone from Clinton’s inner circle on the trail with his team, to keep him connected to the mothership. Having women in top-tier positions in the communications department could also be important for Clinton, who has committed to appointing women to fill 50 percent of her Cabinet. Another staffer expected to make the transition from campaign communications to the White House is Lily Adams, a rising star who ran press for Clinton in the critical first voting state of Iowa.

Huma Abedin | Personal aide

FBI Director James Comey’s late October surprise—that he was reviewing emails belonging to Clinton’s aide de camp Huma Abedin, discovered on the computer of her estranged husband, Anthony Weiner—has raised questions about the future of Clinton’s longest-serving aide. Abedin, who started working for Clinton 20 years ago as an intern in the first lady’s office, has spent her career by her boss’ side, literally. This cycle, she has grown in importance from a simple body woman: She has headlined fundraisers and met with elected officials privately on her boss's behalf. But the question remains whether Clinton can bring the woman who serves as her external hard drive into the White House with her, or if Abedin will be too much of a lightning rod for investigations to bring along for the ride. While many in the extended Clintonworld have privately wondered whether it would be prudent for Abedin to follow her boss to the White House, most expect Clinton to loyally stick by her aide.

Jennifer Palmieri | Communications director

Washington insiders balked at Palmieri’s choice to join Hillary Clinton’s campaign as communications director—she had already had the same title in the White House, and serving a popular president for the final year of his administration seemed like a perch more pleasant than helping to run a presidential campaign for a deeply unpopular candidate who also happened to be allergic to the press. But Palmieri, who is close to Podesta, was persuaded to take the harder assignment. Palmieri, who has served two stints at 1600 Penn.—under Bill Clinton and Barack Obama—is one of the few relative newcomers to Hillaryland who has forged a close, personal relationship with the candidate. She has also consistently pushed the candidate to accept more press access, and in the final months of the general election, became the campaign’s main senior strategist on the campaign plane, traveling with Clinton almost daily.

Neera Tanden | Senior domestic policy adviser

Clinton’s brassy former top policy adviser serves as president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, the liberal think tank previously headed up by Podesta. But even from the outside, she has stayed close to Clinton and Podesta and was tapped to help oversee the transition team. Tanden, a longtime loyal soldier who worked for Clinton in her Senate office and on her 2008 presidential bid, is part of the Democratic nominee's go-to brain trust on domestic policy issues. Throughout the campaign, she has been giving advice from the sidelines on domestic policy issues, sometimes weighing in on speeches and often expressing her concerns directly to the candidate. Tanden is known and valued for her blunt assessments. But she has also taken heat for her private communications with Podesta, made public by the WikiLeaks hack of the campaign chairman’s personal email. The revelation of Tanden’s private assessments of Clinton’s own deficiencies as a candidate, as well as harsh words for elected officials and other members of Clinton’s inner circle, have been what she described to the New York Times as “a profoundly painful experience." Other policy advisers who are expected to make the transition from the campaign to the West Wing are Maya Harris and policy pro-chief speechwriter Dan Schwerin.

Karen Dunn | White House counsel

Dunn is one-half of the go-to debate prep team in Democratic politics. Along with Ron Klain, who is in the running to be Clinton’s chief of staff, Dunn ran Obama’s debate prep sessions in 2012 and headed up grueling sessions for Clinton throughout the primaries and the general election. Dunn started her career working as communication director in Clinton’s Senate office. She left the Hill to earn a law degree from Yale, clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and now represents clients from Oracle to Apple as an attorney at Boies Schiller. But she has always remained loyal to Clinton, and her fans describe the petite lawyer as a “mini Hillary” in her own right. She is also Abedin’s personal lawyer.

Bill Clinton | Special adviser

The former president still edits his wife’s speeches and sits in on her debate prep sessions, and he was often at the table for major strategic campaign decisions—and that level of involvement isn’t expected to change in the White House. What official role he will have there is less clear. Hillary Clinton has said on the trail that she would like to charge her husband with “revitalizing the economy, ’cause he knows what he’s doing.” Other allies close to the former president say they could see him being tasked with a portfolio abroad, like trying, once again, to broker peace in the Middle East. Bill Clinton himself has said he is excited to embrace his own history-making role as the country’s “First Dude,” even if he has no experience or interest in picking out china settings.

Ron Klain | Chief of staff

Klain has served as chief of staff to two vice presidents, Joe Biden and Al Gore; and he wanted the chief of staff post under President Obama, who made him “Ebola czar.” Klain, who helped run Hillary Clinton’s successful debate prep sessions in the primary and the general election, is seen as a capable hand—a workhorse who knows how to navigate Washington. He was viewed warily by Clinton going into the campaign, but the debate prep sessions he helped lead over the past 18 months helped him forge a deeper relationship with the candidate, and a greater level of trust.

John Podesta | Special adviser

Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and former adviser to Obama, served as Bill Clinton’s chief of staff. He is seen as the most obvious choice to serve in the same post for Hillary Clinton, but he told POLITICO earlier this year he will not be persuaded to go back to the 12-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week job, considered the second hardest job in Washington. Podesta, who steered the Obama administration's climate initiatives, is said to be interested in a Cabinet position like energy secretary. But the Washington power broker—who has taken no salary for his work on the campaign—is expected to face pressure from Clinton to come on as an adviser to oversee her transition into the White House, like he did for Bill Clinton and Obama before her. It’s also not yet clear whether his desire for a Cabinet post, which requires Senate confirmation, would be seen as an opening for hearings on the WikiLeaks release of his hacked email account.

Jake Sullivan | National security adviser

Sullivan, one of Clinton’s most trusted advisers, was at her side nearly everywhere she went during her years at the State Department and played a critical role laying the foundation for the Iran nuclear deal. After Clinton stepped down as secretary of state, Sullivan stayed on briefly as the top national security aide to Biden. At the candidate’s Brooklyn headquarters, he has served as lead policy adviser, dealing mostly with domestic issues like her detailed economic agenda. And he has also overseen her debate prep sessions, even playing opponent Bernie Sanders during mock sessions for primary debates. He has long been touted as a potential national security adviser, and he would become the youngest person to fill that job if Clinton taps him for the post. He is also on the short list to be chief of staff. But he is among a number of Clinton’s top aides from the State Department, including Abedin and Mills, who could face questions when trying to obtain security clearances for top national security posts because of either helping Clinton set up her personal email server or sending classified documents to her personal account.