 Boddy came up with the idea of comparing Douglas' voting record to that of leftist Congressman Vito Marcantonio of the American Labor Party—a tactic that was seized on by Nixon and his campaign manager, Murray Chotiner in the final election.On June 6, 1950, Douglas beat Boddy at the polls largely on the strength of her popularity with African-American voters.She garnered 889,000 votes to Boddy's 532,000.