The endorsement of the Bronx Republican organization insured the House nomination for Potts in 1946, and the falling out of the more liberal parties ensured the election. The Democratic incumbent had been elected in 1944 with American Labor Party support. Now the Laborites ran their own candidate as did the new Liberal Party. Potts won with 44% of the vote. He served in the Eightieth Congress, holding office from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949. In 1948, while Laborites continued to nominate their own candidate, both Democrats and Liberals chose the same fresh opponent. Potts' vote dropped ten points. Potts was not designated by the Party in 1950. His two years in the House produced one public enactment, this about Panama Canal builders, but he was often on the floor as an objector (designated by his party to monitor bills under suspension of the rules).^[1]