sentences:  Garfielde believed his work for the railway and the loggers would win him the votes he needed for re-election.But Garfielde did not count on the massive influx of new voters into the Washington Territory, most of whom were Democrats.Garfielde was defeated in 1872 in his bid for a third term by Democrat Obadiah Benton McFadden by 761 votes out of 7,700 cast.