Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna June, 1916 Republican National Convention yakasarudza Hughes somubvumirano pakati pemapapiro anochengetedza neanofambira mberi ebato. Hughes akakunda John W. Weeks, Elihu Root, uye vamwe vakwikwidzi vanoverengeka pakuvhota kwechitatu kwekokorodzano. Nepo maRepublican anochengetedza uye anofambira mberi akange akakamurwa musarudzo dza1912 pakati pevakakwikwidza Mutungamiri William Howard Taft uye aimbova Mutungamiri Theodore Roosevelt, vakabatana zvakanyanya vakakomberedza Hughes mukuda kwake kubvisa Wilson., Hughes anoramba ari iye chete aripo kana aimbova Mutongi weDare Repamusorosoro kuti ashande semutungamiri wenyika. Wilson akasarudzwazve pa
1916 Democratic National Convention mazuva mashomanene gare gare, pasina chishoro. Kunyange zvazvo Mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika waWilson Thomas R. Marshall akasarudzwazve, mubatsiri waHughes akanga ari Charles W. Fairbanks, uyo akanga ari mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika waTheodore Roosevelt munguva yake yechipiri.