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Serving Boise, Idaho and surrounding areaVol. 1, No. 8
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From the archives: Boise's Evening Capital News said California would decide the 1916 race

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Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026In the Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 edition
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BOISE CITY - On Nov. 8, 1916, Boise's Evening Capital News said the presidential race had narrowed to California's electoral votes and that, unless a state then thought safe for Wilson or Hughes shifted, California would name the country's next president. The same front page reported a Democratic landslide in Idaho that, the paper said, appeared to make Gov. Alexander and practically the entire Democratic state ticket safe and to give Democrats control of both branches of the Legislature.

Source: Evening Capital News, Nov. 8, 1916 (Library of Congress).

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