Running Mates
Season 7 Episode 10 Written By Peter Noah Director Paul McCrane Original Airdate January 8, 2006 Guest Stars: Janeane Garofalo Teri Polo Patricia Richardson Brett Cullen Stephen Root David Barrera Ramón De Ocampo Matthew Del Negro Karis Campbell

Leo struggles through debate practice and makes Josh and Lou extremely nervous. Meanwhile, Santos gets a brief respite from the campaign trail to see his family.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Cast 2.1 Starring 2.2 Special Guest Stars 2.3 Guest Starring 2.4 Co-Starring 3 Trivia 4 Goofs 5 Quotes 6 References

Summary Edit

Cast Edit

StarringEdit

• Kristin Chenoweth as Annabeth Schott
• Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
• Mary McCormack as Kate Harper
• Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
• Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
• John Spencer as Leo McGarry
• Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
• with Jimmy Smits as Matthew Santos

Special Guest StarsEdit

• Janeane Garofalo as Louise Thornton
• Teri Polo as Helen Santos
• Patricia Richardson as Sheila Brooks

Guest StarringEdit

• Brett Cullen as Ray Sullivan
• Stephen Root as Bob Mayer
• David Barrera as Jorge Santos
• Ramón De Ocampo as Otto
• Matthew Del Negro as Bram Howard
• Karis Campbell as Ronna Beckman

Co-StarringEdit

• Joshua Cabrera as Peter Santos
• Ashlyn Sanchez as Miranda Santos
• Amad Jackson as Agent
• Charles Noland as Steve
• Caroline Duncan as Jane
• David A. Kimball as Moderator
• Elizabeth Penn Payne as Pundit #1

Trivia Edit

On the original airing, Martin Sheen introduced the episode, dedicating the next set of episodes to the late John Spencer. [1]

This is the first episode of the series to air after the death of John Spencer on December 16, 2005. [2]

Goofs Edit

At the end of the episode, Matt Santos is called Senator, rather than Congressman

Quotes Edit

Leo McGarry: Never use your cat's name as your password.

Josh Lyman: I forget, in D.C. do they allow felons to vote?
[beat]
Josh Lyman: Too soon?
Toby Ziegler: Yeah, a little bit.

Josh Lyman: Get some rest. I need you to look pretty for 20 million TV viewers.
Leo McGarry: If that's what we're counting on, the campaign is doomed.

Leo McGarry: There's not enough helium in the cosmos.

References Edit

"The West Wing" Running Mates (2006)
The West Wing: Running Mates