1798 New York Governor Race

1798 New York Gubernatorial Election
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The 1798 New York Gubernatorial Election was held on November 1, 1798. 
Incumbent Governor Alexander Hamilton underwent a major sex scandal in 1797, known as the Reynolds Affair, this affair killed most of his national hoped, but he still hoped to rewin the governorship, so he ran again. 
To challenge Hamilton, the main opposition party in the state, the Democratic Party, ran Chancellor of New York Robert R. Livingston, who's reputation was far mor unscathed then Hamilton's. Meanwhile the Constitutional Democrats ran a wealthy citizen Andrew Kerry in an attempt to take the state. 
==Results==
Alexander Hamilton would lose to Robert R. Livingston just barely, which shocked many, but it may have been because of a split opposition vote from Andrew Kerry, though the Federalists and Constitutional Democratic Parties were closer together in ideologies then the the Democrats. 
Candidate 	Candidate 	Popular Vote	Popular Vote
Candidate 	Candidate 	Count 	Percentage
Robert R. Livingston	Democratic 	12,925 	43.6%
Alexander Hamilton 	Federalist 	12,777 	43.1%
Andrew Kerry 	Constitutional Democratic	3,943 	13.3%
Total 	Total 	29,645 	100.0%