United States presidential election, 2010 (The West Wing: After All These Years)

The United States presidential election of 2010 was the 57th quadrennial American presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. The Democratic nominee, incumbent President Matthew Santos, and his running mate, Vice President Eric Baker, were elected to a second term, defeating the Republican nominee, Governor of West Virginia Ray Sullivan and his running mate, Representative Jeff Johnson of Kansas.
As the incumbent president, Santos secured the Democratic nomination with no serious opposition. The Republican Party, having narrowly lost the previous election, was more fractured; the conservative wing of the party, feeling threatened by the rise of so-called "Vinick Republicans" following the 2006 election, challenged Ray Sullivan, seen as the heir apparent following Vinick's loss. Sullivan barely clinched the nomination, but suffered severe damage to his credibility as a fighter for conservative principles.