Liberal Republican Fiorello LaGuardia, a former Representative and a fierce opponent of Tammany Hall whom Hines had successfully forced from power in the 1932 Congressional election, was elected mayor in 1933, and Tammany Hall's longtime influence over local politicians faded. Hines would not fall.
Fiorello LaGuardia, a liberal Republican who had previously served as a Representative and was a staunch opponent of Tammany Hall, won the mayoral election in 1933 after Hines successfully ousted Tammany Hall from power in the 1932 Congressional election.  Hines remained influential despite this shift in political landscape.