user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: Who's the Republican ticket with a Democratic ticket of Matthew J. Merritt?
Columns: ['Republican ticket', 'Democratic ticket', 'American Labor ticket', 'Communist ticket', 'Socialist ticket']
Types: ['text', 'text', 'text', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: ['Thomas E. Dewey', 'John J. Bennett, Jr.', 'Dean Alfange', 'Israel Amter', 'Coleman B. Cheney']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT "Republican ticket" FROM "Table" WHERE "Democratic ticket" = 'Matthew J. Merritt';