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 County results Roosevelt:
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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The 1898 New York gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898. Incumbent Republican Governor Frank S. Black was defeated for re-nomination by Theodore Roosevelt, the former United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy and a returning hero of the Spanish–American War. In the general election, Roosevelt narrowly defeated judge Augustus Van Wyck.