Newspaper endorsements in the 2012 United States presidential primaries

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Newspapers in the United States have traditionally endorsed candidates for party nomination prior to their final endorsements for President. Below is the list of endorsements in 2012, by candidate, for each primary race.

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Democrats

Barack Obama

President Barack Obama had no significant opposition in his campaign for renomination in 2012. However, the following newspapers specifically endorsed him for the Democratic nomination:

NewspaperState
San Antonio Express-News [1] Texas
Kansas City Star [2] Missouri
The Citizen (Laconia) [3] New Hampshire

Republicans

Newt Gingrich

NewspaperState
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester) [4] New Hampshire
The Tampa Tribune [5] Florida

Jon Huntsman

NewspaperState
The State (Columbia) [6] [7] South Carolina
The Boston Globe [8] Massachusetts
The Citizen (Laconia) [3] New Hampshire
Concord Monitor [9] New Hampshire
The Keene Sentinel [10] New Hampshire
Valley News (White River Junction) [10] Vermont

Ron Paul

NewspaperState
NJToday.net (Elizabeth) [11] New Jersey
Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida) [12] Florida
Littleton Courier [13] New Hampshire
Berlin Reporter (Lancaster) [13] New Hampshire
Coos County Democrat (Lancaster) [13] New Hampshire
The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa) [14] Iowa

Mitt Romney

NewspaperState
San Antonio Express-News [1] Texas
Houston Chronicle [15] Texas
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [16] Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [17] Pennsylvania
Hartford Courant [18] Connecticut
The Baltimore Sun [19] Maryland
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [20] Wisconsin
Journal Star (Peoria) [21] Illinois
Chicago Tribune [22] Illinois
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) [23] Illinois
The Birmingham News [24] Alabama
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) [25] Ohio
The Cincinnati Enquirer [26] Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch [27] Ohio
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) [28] Arizona
Detroit Free Press [29] Michigan
The Grand Rapids Press [30] Michigan
The Oakland Press (Pontiac) [31] Michigan
The Detroit News [32] Michigan
The Denver Post [33] Colorado
Kansas City Star [2] Missouri
Reno Gazette-Journal [34] Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal [35] Nevada
Orlando Sentinel [36] Florida
Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) [37] Florida
Lakeland Ledger [38] Florida
Pensacola News Journal [39] Florida
The Post and Courier (Charleston) [40] South Carolina
The State (Columbia) [7] [41] South Carolina
The Greenville News [42] South Carolina
The Charlotte Observer [43] North Carolina
The Telegraph (Nashua) [44] New Hampshire
Boston Herald [45] Massachusetts
Quad-City Times (Davenport) [46] Iowa
Iowa City Press-Citizen [47] Iowa
The Portsmouth Herald [48] New Hampshire
The Hampton Union [48] New Hampshire
The Exeter News-Letter [48] New Hampshire
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) [49] Oklahoma
Des Moines Register [50] Iowa
The Washington Examiner [51] District of Columbia
Sioux City Journal [52] Iowa

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  7. 1 2 The State first endorsed Jon Huntsman, but endorsed Mitt Romney after Huntsman suspended his campaign before the South Carolina primary.
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