Season 2 · Episode 10 · First aired 11 April 2000
Running Mates
Episode 10 of Family Guy season 2 (S02E10), the 17th Family Guy episode overall. Written by Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan and directed by John Holmquist. First broadcast on 11 April 2000.
Story
Lois stands for president of the Quahog school board. Peter enters the race against her to save the job of his favourite teacher from his own school days. He smears Lois during the campaign and wins by a landslide. Matters turn when Chris is caught with pornography at school, and Peter has to put things right.
Production and reception
- This was the last episode in which Meg was voiced by an uncredited Lacey Chabert. Wikipedia, Family Guy season 2
Voices
| Voice | Characters |
|---|---|
| Seth MacFarlane | Peter Griffin, Brian Griffin, Stewie Griffin |
| Alex Borstein | Lois Griffin, Tricia Takanawa, Girl |
| Seth Green | Chris Griffin, Chris' Classmate #1, Interviewer |
| Lori Alan | Diane Simmons |
| Patrick Bristow | Hector |
| Mike Henry | Cleveland Brown, Fab 'Milli' Morvan |
| Lee Majors | Lee Majors |
| Dwight Schultz | Randall Fargus |
| Wally Wingert | Principal Sloan, Fred Rogers, Teacher |
| James Carville | James Carville, James Carville |
Principal voice credits as recorded by IMDb, which lists up to ten credits per episode, so recurring characters can be missing here. Guest voices below come from Wikipedia and TVmaze.
Guest voices
- Lori Alan as Diane Simmons
- Wally Wingert as Mr. Sloan
- Dwight Schultz as Randall Fargus
- Jack Sheldon as "Vagina Junction" Conductor
- Patrick Bristow as Hector
Season 2: episode 10 of 21
- E1Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater
- E2Holy Crap
- E3Da Boom
- E4Brian in Love
- E5Love Thy Trophy
- E6Death Is a Bitch
- E7The King Is Dead
- E8I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar
- E9If I'm Dyin', I'm Lyin'
- E10Running MatesYou are here
- E11A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks
- E12Fifteen Minutes of Shame
- E13Road to Rhode Island
- E14Let's Go to the Hop
- E15Dammit Janet
- E16There's Something About Paulie
- E17He's Too Sexy for His Fat
- E18E. Peterbus Unum
- E19The Story on Page One
- E20Wasted Talent
- E21Fore, Father
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Provenance
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- 6 September 2026
- Verification
- Checked against Wikidata and IMDb: Wikidata differs on air date (2000-04-09)
- Licence
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- Note
- The story summary and notes were written for this site from the sources listed, by Claude in Claude Code on 2026-09-08, awaiting editorial review. Facts only; no dialogue is reproduced. Voice credits: Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Guest cast data from TVmaze (https://www.tvmaze.com), CC BY-SA.