Bartlet, Leo, Josh, Sam and C.J. pull a practical joke on Toby; Sam’s mission to end the Wilde campaign leads him to make a career-altering decision; Jordan backs up Leo…

Election day finally arrives with the staff eagerly anticipating the outcome; Sam is increasingly concerned about the Wilde campaign in Orange County; Toby worries about the effect of Andy’s pregnancy…

Bartlet decides he needs a lawyer when Qumar goes after Israel; Josh is disturbed to learn that Stackhouse might not endorse Bartlet; a comment Deborah made years ago comes back…

Leo meets with the Israeli Foreign Minister to enlist Israel’s assistance with the Shareef investigation, but is ultimately foiled by the Qumari; the debate about the Ritchie debates rages on…

Toby, Josh, and Donna learn the hard way about the lack of accessible public transportation in the heartland when they spend a long day trying to get back to Washington…

Donna teaches Toby and Josh an important lesson as their trek homeward continues; Sam staffs the President in Josh’s absence and welcomes an old friend home; Bartlet hires a secretary…

It’s three weeks into the presidential campaign and Vinick meets with Frost out on the trail. Santos pulls a stunt which leads to higher approval ratings and jolts the Vinick…

Mandy’s old memo about Bartlet administration weaknesses surfaces; Josh tries to get administration nominees appointed to the Federal Elections Committee; Sam works to get a better policy on gays in…

Andrea Wyatt insists that mandatory minimums be added to a new drug policy the staff is developing; C.J. makes a mistake and sets them back.

Bartlet gets closer to making the FEC campaign finance reform-friendly, but his opponents strike back by making Sam’s former dalliance with the call girl public knowledge; CJ waits anxiously for…

The staff deals with the crisis of an American pilot who was shot down in Iraq; Toby’s brother is in danger on a space shuttle whose doors won’t close; Bartlet…

Abbey keeps the staff busy with the fallout when she leaks her personal preference for a Federal Reserve Board appointment and discusses child labor on a talk show, prompting a…

Bartlet struggles to name a nominee to the Supreme Court when the perfect nominee turns out to be not so perfect. A congressman attacks the staff, claiming that 1 in…

Josh and Sam are able to make a bargain to keep Leo from going through a hearing, at the expense of a new sex education report. Mandy doesn’t think a…

Toby and Sam travel to Connecticut to get Roberto Mendoza released from jail; Josh must run a press briefing when CJ has an emergency root canal.