Election
To gain the Democratic nomination, Roosevelt had to make his peace with Tammany Hall, which he did with some reluctance. In the November election, Smith was heavily defeated by Republican candidate Herbert Hoover, but Roosevelt was elected governor by a margin of 25,608 votes out of more than 4 million votes cast, defeating Republican candidate Albert Ottinger. As a native of upstate New York, he was able to appeal to voters outside New York City in a way other Democrats could not.
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