The season four episode `` Debate Camp '' features a flashback to the days just before Bartlet 's inauguration , as Donna Moss meets with her Republican predecessor , Jeff Johnson .
The season four episode `` Debate Camp '' features a flashback to the days just before Bartlet 's inauguration , as Donna Moss meets with her Republican predecessor , Jeff Johnson , who makes it clear that the outgoing Republican administration has been in office for eight years .