House of Representatives, becoming Arizona's first Congresswoman. She ran the regular election in 1934 and won by a landslide, holding a two-year term, but refusing to run in 1936. It was presumed that she wanted to devote more time to her family, but speculation was she became increasingly disturbed with FDR's politics. In 1940, during the reelection of FDR, Isabella stunned her party, and her friends, by endorsing FDR's opponent, Republican candidate Wendell Wilkie. "All powers needed to create a dictator have been granted now…", she claimed of FDR.