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Newspapers and news media in the United States traditionally endorse candidates for party nomination for President of the United States, prior to endorsing one of the ultimate nominees for president. Below is a list of notable news media endorsements in 2016, by candidate, for each primary race.
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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Storm Lake Times | Iowa | January 12, 2016 | |
The Portsmouth Herald | New Hampshire | January 15, 2016 | |
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover) | New Hampshire | January 15, 2016 | |
The Des Moines Register | Iowa | January 23, 2016 | |
Sioux City Journal | Iowa | January 23, 2016 | |
Concord Monitor | New Hampshire | January 24, 2016 | |
The Boston Globe | Massachusetts | January 24, 2016 | |
The Keene Sentinel | New Hampshire | January 28, 2016 | |
The Conway Daily Sun | New Hampshire | January 29, 2016 | |
Iowa City Press-Citizen | Iowa | January 29, 2016 | |
The New York Times | New York | January 31, 2016 | |
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript | New Hampshire | February 4, 2016 | |
The Dallas Morning News | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) | Florida | February 12, 2016 | |
Houston Chronicle | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
San Antonio Express-News | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
Las Vegas Sun | Nevada | February 14, 2016 | |
Falls Church News-Press | Virginia | February 18, 2016 | |
Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston) | Texas | February 18, 2016 | |
The Greenville News | South Carolina | February 19, 2016 | |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times | Texas | February 21, 2016 | |
The Free Lance–Star (Fredericksburg) | Virginia | February 25, 2016 | |
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | Minnesota | February 26, 2016 | |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Texas | February 26, 2016 | |
Detroit Free Press | Michigan | February 28, 2016 | |
Barre Montpelier Times Argus | Vermont | February 28, 2016 | |
Rutland Herald | Vermont | February 28, 2016 | |
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times editorial) | Tennessee | February 28, 2016 | |
Portland Press Herald | Maine | March 1, 2016 | |
Indy Week (Durham) | North Carolina | March 2, 2016 | |
Detroit News | Michigan | March 3, 2016 | |
Miami Herald | Florida | March 3, 2016 | |
Michigan Chronicle (Detroit) | Michigan | March 3, 2016 | |
Orlando Sentinel | Florida | March 4, 2016 | |
Omaha World-Herald | Nebraska | March 4, 2016 | |
Kane County Chronicle (St. Charles) | Illinois | March 4, 2016 | |
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) | Florida | March 4, 2016 | |
The Charlotte Observer | North Carolina | March 5, 2016 | |
Chicago Sun-Times | Illinois | March 5, 2016 | |
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) | Mississippi | March 5, 2016 | |
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake) | Illinois | March 5, 2016 | |
Jackson Advocate | Mississippi | March 6, 2016 | |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri | March 6, 2016 | |
The Michigan Daily (Ann Arbor) | Michigan | March 8, 2016 | |
The St. Louis American | Missouri | March 9, 2016 | |
South Florida Gay News (Wilton Manors) | Florida | March 9, 2016 | |
The Cincinnati Enquirer | Ohio | March 10, 2016 | |
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) | Ohio | March 10, 2016 | |
Akron Beacon Journal | Ohio | March 10, 2016 | |
The Palm Beach Post | Florida | March 11, 2016 | |
The Missouri Times (Jefferson City) | Missouri | March 11, 2016 | |
Journal Star (Peoria) | Illinois | March 13, 2016 | |
The Arizona Republic | Arizona | March 18, 2016 | |
Idaho Statesman | Idaho | March 20, 2016 | |
Rolling Stone | New York | March 23, 2016 | |
Wisconsin Gazette (Milwaukee) | Wisconsin | March 24, 2016 | |
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) | Washington | March 25, 2016 | |
New York Amsterdam News | New York | March 31, 2016 | |
City Newspaper (Rochester) | New York | April 5, 2016 | |
The Register-Guard (Eugene) | Oregon | April 10, 2016 | |
New York Daily News | New York | April 12, 2016 | |
New York Observer | New York | April 14, 2016 | |
Newsday (Melville) | New York | April 15, 2016 | |
The Post-Standard (Syracuse) | New York | April 15, 2016 | |
The Post-Star (Glens Falls) | New York | April 16, 2016 | |
The Day (New London) | Connecticut | April 17, 2016 | |
The Providence Journal | Rhode Island | April 17, 2016 | |
Times Union (Albany) | New York | April 17, 2016 | |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | Pennsylvania | April 17, 2016 | |
Hartford Courant | Connecticut | April 17, 2016 | |
New Pittsburgh Courier | Pennsylvania | April 21, 2016 | |
Philadelphia Daily News | Pennsylvania | April 22, 2016 | |
The Baltimore Sun | Maryland | April 25, 2016 | |
The Charleston Gazette-Mail | West Virginia | April 26, 2016 | |
The Sacramento Bee | California | May 4, 2016 | |
Lexington Herald-Leader | Kentucky | May 5, 2016 | |
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) | California | May 6, 2016 | |
Washington Blade | Washington, D.C. | May 10, 2016 | |
Los Angeles Times | California | May 13, 2016 | |
San Jose Mercury News | California | May 20, 2016 | |
The Fresno Bee | California | May 21, 2016 | |
The Santa Fe New Mexican | New Mexico | May 28, 2016 | |
Daily Bruin (University of California, Los Angeles) | California | May 30, 2016 | |
The San Diego Union-Tribune | California | June 2, 2016 | |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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Addison County Independent (Middlebury) | Vermont | May 22, 2015 | |
The Nation | New York | January 14, 2016 | |
The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs) | Iowa | January 24, 2016 | |
Quad-City Times (Davenport) | Iowa | January 30, 2016 | |
The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa) | Iowa | February 1, 2016 | |
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton) | Massachusetts | February 26, 2016 | |
The Recorder (Greenfield) | Massachusetts | February 26, 2016 | |
The Arab American News (Dearborn) | Michigan | March 4, 2016 | |
The Seattle Times | Washington | March 6, 2016 | |
The Athens News | Ohio | March 9, 2016 | |
Seattle Weekly | Washington | March 22, 2016 | |
Philadelphia Tribune | Pennsylvania | April 23, 2016 | |
The Portland Mercury | Oregon | May 2, 2016 | |
Willamette Week (Portland) | Oregon | May 4, 2016 | |
San Francisco Bay Guardian | California | May 10, 2016 | |
The San Francisco Examiner | California | May 19, 2016 | |
East Bay Express (Oakland) | California | May 25, 2016 | |
San Diego CityBeat | California | May 25, 2016 | |
Pasadena Weekly | California | June 2, 2016 |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) | Florida | January 28, 2016 | |
Conway Daily Sun | New Hampshire | February 3, 2016 | |
Houston Chronicle | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
San Antonio Express-News | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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Jackson Advocate | Mississippi | February 29, 2016 | |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester) | New Hampshire | November 28, 2015 (retracted February 29, 2016) [109] | |
Boston Herald | Massachusetts | January 25, 2016 |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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National Review | New York | March 11, 2016 | |
The Missouri Times (Jefferson City) | Missouri | March 11, 2016 | |
The New York Sun | New York | April 15, 2016 |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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Storm Lake Times | Iowa | January 12, 2016 | |
The Portsmouth Herald | New Hampshire | January 15, 2016 | |
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover) | New Hampshire | January 15, 2016 | |
Nashua Telegraph | New Hampshire | January 17, 2016 | |
The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs) | Iowa | January 24, 2016 | |
Valley News (West Lebanon) | New Hampshire | January 24, 2016 | |
The Boston Globe | Massachusetts | January 25, 2016 | |
Concord Monitor | New Hampshire | January 26, 2016 | |
The Keene Sentinel | New Hampshire | January 27, 2016 | |
Iowa City Press-Citizen | Iowa | January 29, 2016 | |
The New York Times | New York | January 30, 2016 | |
Quad-City Times (Davenport) | Iowa | January 30, 2016 | |
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript | New Hampshire | February 4, 2016 | |
The Dallas Morning News | Texas | February 12, 2016 | |
The State (Columbia) | South Carolina | February 17, 2016 | |
The Post and Courier (Charleston) | South Carolina | February 18, 2016 | |
Waco Tribune-Herald | Texas | February 21, 2016 | |
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) | Virginia | February 25, 2016 | |
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton) | Massachusetts | February 25, 2016 | |
Detroit Free Press | Michigan | February 28, 2016 | |
Portland Press Herald | Maine | February 29, 2016 | |
The Neshoba Democrat | Mississippi | March 2, 2016 | |
Detroit News | Michigan | March 3, 2016 | |
Lexington Herald-Leader | Kentucky | March 3, 2016 | |
The Cincinnati Enquirer | Ohio | March 4, 2016 | |
Chicago Sun-Times | Illinois | March 5, 2016 | |
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) | Mississippi | March 5, 2016 | |
Idaho Statesman (Boise) | Idaho | March 5, 2016 | |
The Seattle Times | Washington | March 6, 2016 | |
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) | Ohio | March 10, 2016 | |
Akron Beacon Journal | Ohio | March 10, 2016 | |
Journal Star (Peoria) | Illinois | March 13, 2016 | |
The Arizona Republic | Arizona | March 18, 2016 | |
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) | Washington | March 25, 2016 | |
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Wisconsin | March 29, 2016 | |
The Register-Guard (Eugene) | Oregon | April 10, 2016 | |
New York Daily News | New York | April 13, 2016 | |
Queens Tribune | New York | April 15, 2016 | |
The Post-Standard (Syracuse) | New York | April 15, 2016 | |
Hartford Courant | Connecticut | April 17, 2016 | |
The Post-Star (Glens Falls) | New York | April 17, 2016 | |
Times Union (Albany) | New York | April 17, 2016 | |
The Daily Gazette (Schenectady) | New York | April 17, 2016 | |
The Providence Journal | Rhode Island | April 20, 2016 | |
The Bulletin (Bend) | Oregon | April 21, 2016 | |
The Sentinel (Lewistown) | Pennsylvania | April 23, 2016 | |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | Pennsylvania | April 24, 2016 | |
The Baltimore Sun | Maryland | April 25, 2016 | |
The Source Weekly (Bend) | Oregon | April 27, 2016 | |
Charleston Gazette-Mail | West Virginia | April 27, 2016 | |
The Sacramento Bee | California | May 4, 2016 | |
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) | California | May 6, 2016 | |
Although Reagan died in 2004, one newspaper recommended a write-in vote for him to protest against Donald Trump.
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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The San Diego Union-Tribune | California | June 2, 2016 |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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The Des Moines Register | Iowa | January 23, 2016 | |
Sioux City Journal | Iowa | January 23, 2016 | |
The Eagle-Tribune (North Andover) | Massachusetts | January 31, 2016 | |
Las Vegas Review-Journal | Nevada | February 5, 2016 | |
The Lowell Sun | Massachusetts | February 6, 2016 | |
Boston Herald | Massachusetts | February 22, 2016 | |
The Republican (Springfield) | Massachusetts | February 24, 2016 | |
San Antonio Express-News | Texas | February 24, 2016 | |
Fort Worth Star-Telegram | Texas | February 25, 2016 | |
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) | Arkansas | February 26, 2016 | |
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | Minnesota | February 26, 2016 | |
Pensacola News Journal | Florida | February 27, 2016 | |
Richmond Times-Dispatch | Virginia | February 27, 2016 | |
Chattanooga Times Free Press (Free Press editorial) | Tennessee | February 28, 2016 | |
Savannah Morning News | Georgia | February 28, 2016 | |
The Tampa Tribune | Florida | February 28, 2016 | |
Miami Herald | Florida | March 2, 2016 | |
Orlando Sentinel | Florida | March 4, 2016 | |
Kane County Chronicle (St. Charles) | Illinois | March 4, 2016 | |
St. Louis Post-Dispatch | Missouri | March 5, 2016 | |
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake) | Illinois | March 6, 2016 | |
Chicago Tribune | Illinois | March 9, 2016 |
Newspaper | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
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National Enquirer | New York | March 8, 2016 | |
Rockland County Times | New York | April 7, 2016 | |
New York Observer | New York | April 12, 2016 | |
New York Post | New York | April 14, 2016 | |
Santa Barbara News-Press | California | June 2, 2016 |
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