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President Franklin D. Roosevelt faced only one primary opponent other than various favorite sons.

Henry Skillman Breckinridge, an anti-New Deal lawyer from New York, filed to run against Roosevelt in four primaries.

Breckinridge's test of the popularity of the New Deal among Democrats failed, as he lost by wide margins.

In New Jersey, President Roosevelt did not file for the preference vote and lost that primary to Breckinridge, though he did receive 19 % of the vote on write-ins.

Roosevelt's candidates for delegates swept the race in New Jersey and elsewhere.

In other primaries, Breckinridge's best showing was 15 % in Maryland.

Overall, Roosevelt received 93 % of the primary vote, compared to 2 % for Breckinridge.