Endorsements by Newspapers and Magazines in the 2008 Primary Campaign
Organized by chronologically by state.  Papers in alphabetical order, dailies first, then weeklies and specialty papers.
updated May 5, 2008
National
CLINTON
Irish Voice   NY (Jan. 30, 2008)
Washington Blade   DC (Dec. 21, 2007)

OBAMA
Rolling Stone  (March 2008...on newstands Mar. 7, 2008)

 HUCKABEE
New Man Magazine   (July-Aug. 2007)

PAUL
The American Conservative  (issue date Feb. 11, 2008)

ROMNEY
National Review   (Dec. 11, 2007...issue date Dec. 31, 2007) 

FTHOMPSON
Human Events   (Jan. 11, 2008)

Iowa Caucuses (Jan. 3, 2007)   2004
BIDEN
N'West Iowa Review [O'Brien County weekly] (12/22/07)
Storm Lake Times [Buena Vista County biweekly]   (10/20/07)
Jefferson Herald [Greene County weekly]
 

CLINTON
Des Moines Register   (12/16/07) >
Quad-City Times   (12/23/07)
Burlington Hawk Eye   (12/23/07)
Vinton Eagle [Benton County weekly]   (12/05/07)
 

EDWARDS
The Daily Nonpareil   (12/30/07)
Valley News Today (Shenandoah) [Page County, 4 times/wk] (12/07/07)
 

OBAMA
Iowa City Press-Citizen   (12/19/07)
Marshalltown Times   (12/30/07)
Ottumwa Courier (12/27/07)
Sioux City Journal   (12/23/07)
Woodbine Twiner/Logan Herald Observer [Harrison County weekly]   (12/21/07)
Daily Iowan [Univ. of Iowa; Johnson County]  (12/21/07)
Iowa State Daily [Story County]  (12/04/07)
El Latino [Spanish language weekly]   (12/20/07)
Mundo Latino [Spanish language - Sioux City] 

 HUCKABEE
Iowa City Press-Citizen   (12/19/07)
N'West Iowa Review [O'Brien County weekly] (12/22/07)
Valley News Today (Shenandoah) [Page County, 4 times/wk] (12/07/07)
not yet confirmed:
Albia Union-Republican
Chariton Leader
 

McCAIN
Des Moines Register(12/16/07)>
Quad-City Times   (12/23/07)
Jefferson Herald [Greene County weekly]
Woodbine Twiner/Logan Herald Observer [Harrison County weekly]   (12/21/07)
Daily Iowan [Univ. of Iowa; Johnson County] (12/21/07)
Iowa State Daily [Story County]   (12/03/07)
 

ROMNEY
The Daily Nonpareil   (12/30/07)
Marshalltown Times   (12/30/07)
Sioux City Journal   (12/23/07)
 

FTHOMPSON
Ottumwa Courier   (12/27/07)

 

New Hampshire Primary (Jan. 8, 2007)   2004
CLINTON
Cabinet Press [4 weekly newspapers]   (12/27/07)
Concord Monitor   (12/30/07)
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Laconia Citizen   (12/19/07)
Keene Sentinel   (12/21/07)
Salmon Press [11 newspapers]   (12/13/07)
 

OBAMA
Boston Globe (12/16/07)
Nashua Telegraph(12/23/07)
Portsmouth Herald(12/20/07) [Seacoast Media Group...Exeter News-Letter, Hampton Union and Rockingham News on Dec. 21]
Valley News   (12/20/07)
 

RICHARDSON
Claremont Eagle Times   (01/06/08)
Conway Daily Sun   (12/31/07)
 

 GIULIANI
Foster’s Daily Democrat, Laconia Citizen   (12/20/07)
 

McCAIN
Boston Globe (12/16/07) >
Boston Herald (12/20/07)
Cabinet Press [4 weekly newspapers]   (12/27/07)
Claremont Eagle Times   (01/06/08)
Concord Monitor   (12/30/07)
Keene Sentinel   (12/20/07)
Nashua Telegraph   (12/30/07)
New Hampshire Union Leader   (12/2/07)
Portsmouth Herald   (12/16/07) [Seacoast Media Group...includes Exeter News-Letter, Hampton Union and Rockingham News]  >
Salmon Press [11 newspapers]  (12/13/07)

also note the Concord Monitor published an anti-endorsment "Romney should not be the next president" on Dec. 22.

Michigan Primary (Jan. 15, 2008)

McCAIN
Detroit Free Press   (01/06/08)
Detroit News   (01/03/08)
The Daily Telegram [Adrian]   (01/13/08)
Jackson Citizen-Patriot   (01/13/08)
Kalamazoo Gazette   (01/13/08)
Livingston Daily   (01/13/08)
The Times-Herald [Port Huron]   (01/13/08)

ROMNEY
The Grand Rapids Press   (01/  /08) 
The Oakland Press [Pontiac]   (01/  /08)
 

Nevada Caucuses (Jan. 19, 2008)
CLINTON
Las Vegas Sun   (01/18/08) 
El Mundo [weekly]  (01/05/08) 

OBAMA
Las Vegas Review-Journal   (01/16/08)
Reno Gazette-Journal   (01/17/08)
Elko Daily Free Press  (01/18/08)
 

 ROMNEY
Las Vegas Review-Journal   (01/17/08)
Reno Gazette-Journal   (01/17/08)
Elko Daily Free Press   (01/18/08)

South Carolina (Republican Primary Jan. 19, 2008; Democratic Primary Jan. 26, 2008)
CLINTON
Myrtle Beach Sun News   (01/24/08)

OBAMA
The State   (01/22/08)
Greenville News   (01/24/08)
Rock Hill Herald   (01/23/08)
SC Black News   (01/24/08)
 

 McCAIN
The State   (01/12/08)
Charleston Post and Courier   (01/17/08)
Greenville News   (01/13/08)
Myrtle Beach Sun News   (01/16/08)
Rock Hill Herald   (01/17/08) 

Florida Primary (Jan. 29, 2008)
CLINTON
Orlando Sentinel   (01/20/08)

OBAMA
Gainesville Sun   (01/20/08)
Palm Beach Post   (01/20/08)
St. Petersburg Times   (01/20/08)
South Florida Sun Sentinel   (01/28/08)
Tampa Tribune   (01/11/08)
Bradenton Herald   (?)
Pensacola News-Journal   (?)

EDWARDS
Daytona Beach News-Journal   (01/13/08)
 

 McCAIN
Bradenton Herald   (01/13/08)
Daytona Beach News-Journal   (01/13/08)
Gainesville Sun   (01/20/08)
Orlando Sentinel   (01/20/08)
Palm Beach Post   (01/20/08)
Pensacola News-Journal   (01/13/08)
The Polk County Democrat   (01/24/08) 
South Florida Sun Sentinel   (01/27/08)
St. Petersburg Times   (01/25/08)
Tampa Tribune   (01/11/08)

Maine Caucuses (Feb. 1-3 (R) and Feb. 10 (D))
OBAMA
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram  (01/06/08...before the NH Primary) 		 McCAIN
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram  (01/06/08...before the NH Primary)

Super-Duper Tuesday - Feb. 5, 2008

Alabama
CLINTON
Anniston Star   (02/01/08)
The Daily Home [Talladega], St. Clair Times   (02/03/08)
Decatur Daily   (02/03/08)
Montgomery Advertiser   (01/27/08)

OBAMA
Birmingham News  (02/03/08)
Selma Times-Journal   (02/03/08)
Times Daily [Florence]  (02/03/08)
Tuscaloosa News   (01/20/08)

 McCAIN
Anniston Star   (02/01/08)
Birmingham News   (02/03/08)
The Daily Home [Talladega], St. Clair Times   (02/03/08)
Decatur Daily   (02/03/08)
Montgomery Advertiser   (01/27/08)
Selma Times-Journal   (02/03/08)
Times Daily [Florence]  (02/03/08)
Tuscaloosa News   (01/20/08)

Alaska
OBAMA
Juneau Empire   (02/01/08)		 McCAIN
Juneau Empire   (02/03/08)

Arizona
OBAMA
Arizona Republic   (01/27/08)		 McCAIN
Arizona Republic   (01/27/08)

Arkansas


California
CLINTON
Woodland Daily Democrat   (01/29/08)
Specialty
Post News Group (Oakland-based...six weeklies: Berkeley Tri City Post; El Mundo; Oakland Post; Richmond Post; San Francisco Post; and South County Post)

OBAMA
Dailies
Fresno Bee   (01/30/08)
La Opinión   (02/02/08)
Los Angeles Daily News, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin [Ontario]   (01/27/08)
Los Angeles Times   (02/03/08)
Marin Independent Journal   (01/29/08)
Modesto Bee   (01//25/08)
Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times   (02/01/08)
Palm Springs Desert Sun   (01/23/08)
Riverside Press-Enterprise   (01/05/08)
Sacramento Bee   (01/19/08)
San Francisco Chronicle   (01/27/08)
San Jose Mercury News   (01/25/08)
Santa Cruz Sentinel   (01/24/08)
Stockton Record   (01/27/08)

Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News   (01/  / 08)

Weeklies and Alternative
Chico News & Review   (01/24/08)
Los Angeles CityBeat  (01//08)
Marin Pacific Sun   (01/24/08)
North Bay Bohemian   (01/23/08)
San Diego CityBeat   (01/22/08)
San Francisco Bay Guardian  (01/16/08)
Santa Barbara Independent   (01/17/08)

Specialty
Black Voice News   (01/11/08)
Los Angeles Sentinel
San Francisco Bay View
Precinct Reporter Group (Precinct Reporter, Tri-County Bulletin and Long Beach Leader)
Asian Week   (02/01/08)
San Francisco Bay Times   (01/31/08)

EDWARDS
Fresno Bee   (01/23/08 then Obama on 01/30/08 after Edwards withdrew)

 McCAIN
Fresno Bee   (01/23/08)
La Opinión    (02/02/08)
Los Angeles Daily News, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin [Ontario]   (01/27/08)
Los Angeles Times   (02/03/08)
Modesto Bee   (01/25/08)
Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times   (02/01/08)
Palm Springs Desert Sun   (01/24/08)
Riverside Press-Enterprise   (01/05/08)
Sacramento Bee   (01/19/08)
San Francisco Chronicle   (01/28/08)
San Jose Mercury News   (01/25/08)
Santa Cruz Sentinel   (01/25/08)
Stockton Record   (01/27/08)

Pasadena Star-News, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Whittier Daily News   (01/  / 08)

Chico News & Review   (01/24/08)
Asian Week   (02/01/08)

PAUL
Weekly
Marin Pacific Sun   (01/24/08)

Colorado
CLINTON
Denver Post   (02/03/08)

OBAMA
Cortez Journal   (02/02/08)
Durango Herald   (02/03/08)
Weeklies
Aspen Times  (02/01/08)
Colorado Springs Independent   (01/31/08)

 McCAIN
Cortez Journal   (02/02/08)
Durango Herald   (02/03/08)
Weekly
Aspen Times  (02/01/08)

PAUL
Weekly ("recommendation")
Colorado Springs Independent   (01/31/08)

ROMNEY
Denver Post   (02/03/08)

Connecticut
CLINTON
Hartford Courant   (01/27/08)

OBAMA
Connecticut Post   (02/ /08)
The Day  (01/29/08)
Norwich Bulletin   (01/30/08)
Specialty
Yale Daily News   (02/01/08)

 McCAIN
Connecticut Post   (02/ /08)
Norwich Bulletin   (01/30/08)
Specialty
Yale Daily News   (02/01/08)

ROMNEY
Hartford Courant   (01/27/08)

Delaware


Georgia
OBAMA
The Albany Herald   (02/03/08)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution   (01/20/08)
Specialty
Atlanta Daily World   (01/25/08)		 McCAIN
The Albany Herald   (02/03/08)
Marietta Daily Journal  (02/03/08)
Savannah Morning News   (01/31/08)

ROMNEY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution   (01/27/08)

Idaho


Illinois
OBAMA
Chicago Sun-Times   (02/01/08)
Chicago Tribune   (01/27/08)
Belleville News Democrat   (01/27/08)
Daily Herald [Arlington Heights]   (01/20/08)
Peoria Journal   (02/03/08)
Rockford Register Star   (02/02/08)
Specialty
Chicago Defender   (02/01/08)
Hoy   (02/01/08)		 McCAIN
Chicago Sun-Times   (02/03/08)
Chicago Tribune   (01/27/08)
Daily Herald [Arlington Heights]   (01/21/08)
Peoria Journal   (02/02/08)
Hoy   (02/01/08)

Kansas


Massachusetts  see also NH Primary
CLINTON
Worcester Telegram & Gazette  (01/27/08)
Cape Cod Times   (01/29/08)

OBAMA
Daily News Tribune [Waltham]   (01/27/08)
The Springfield Republican   (01/12/08)
Specialty
Harvard Crimson   (01/18/08)
Bay State Banner   (01/17/08)
Alternative
Boston Phoenix

 McCAIN
Daily News Tribune [Waltham]   (01/27/08)
The Springfield Republican   (01/12/08)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette   (01/27/08)
Specialty
Harvard Crimson   (01/18/08)

Minnesota
CLINTON
La Prensa de Minnesota   (01/29/08)

OBAMA
Specialty
The Minnesota Daily   (01/31/08)

 McCAIN
Specialty
La Prensa de Minnesota   (01/29/08)
The Minnesota Daily   (01/31/08)

Missouri
CLINTON
Kansas City Star   (01/19/08)

OBAMA
Columbia Daily Tribune   (01/31/08)
Joplin Globe   (02/02/08)
Rolla Daily News   (02/02/08)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch   (01/27/08)
Specialty
St. Louis American   (01/30/08)

 HUCKABEE
Rolla Daily News   (02/02/08)

McCAIN
Joplin Globe   (02/02/08)
Kansas City Star   (01/19/08)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch   (01/27/08)

Note: Rolla Daily News also endorsed George Phillies (L).

New Jersey
CLINTON
The Jersey Journal   (01/28/08)
Weekly
Recorder Community Newspapers   (01/22/08)

OBAMA
The Star-Ledger   (02/03/08)
Trenton Times   (01/27/08)

 McCAIN
The Star-Ledger   (02/03/08)
Trenton Times   (01/28/08)
Weekly
Recorder Community Newspapers   (01/22/08)

New Mexico
OBAMA
Albuquerque Journal  (02/03/08)
Albuquerque Tribune  (02/02/08)
Santa Fe New Mexican (01/31/08)
Hobbs News-Sun 
Los Alamos Monitor
and
Santa Fe Reporter  (01/30/08)

New York
CLINTON
New York Times   (01/25/08)
Newsday   (02/02/08)
Albany Times Union  (01/27/08)
Specialty
Amsterdam News   (01/25/08)
New York Blade   (01/25/08)

OBAMA
New York Observer   (01/23/08)
New York Post   (01/30/08)
Specialty
Gay City News   (01/31/08)
Alternative
Rochester City Newspaper   (01/22/08)

 McCAIN
New York Post   (02/01/08)
New York Times   (01/25/08)
Newsday   (02/02/08)

North Dakota


Oklahoma
OBAMA
Specialty
Daily O'Collegian [Oklahoma State University]  (02/04/08)		 ROMNEY
Specialty
Daily O'Collegian [Oklahoma State University]  (02/04/08)

Tennessee
CLINTON
Memphis Commercial Appeal   (01/27/08)

OBAMA
Knoxville News-Sentinel   (02/03/08)
Alternative
Tri-State Defender   (01/24/08)

 McCAIN
Knoxville News-Sentinel   (02/03/08)
Memphis Commercial Appeal   (01/27/08)

Utah
CLINTON
Salt Lake Tribune   (01/27/08)		 ROMNEY
Salt Lake Tribune   (01/27/08)

  More February States
Feb. 9 States
Louisiana

Nebraska
OBAMA
Specialty
The Daily Nebraskan [University of Nebraska-Lincoln]   (02/05/08)		 HUCKABEE
Specialty
The Daily Nebraskan [University of Nebraska-Lincoln]   (02/05/08)

Washington
OBAMA
The Seattle Times   (01/28/08)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer   (02/01/08)
Tacoma News Tribune  (02/03/08) 		 McCAIN
Seattle Post-Intelligencer   (02/01/08)
Tacoma News Tribune   (02/03/08)

??
The Seattle Times   (02/03/08) 

Feb. 12 States

District of Columbia

Maryland
OBAMA
Baltimore Sun   (02/10/08)		 McCAIN
Baltimore Sun   (02/10/08)

Virginia
OBAMA
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star  (02/08/08) 
Danville Register & Bee   (02/08/08) 
Alexandria Times  (02/07/08) 		 McCAIN
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star  (02/08/08) 
Danville Register & Bee   (02/08/08) 
Times Community newspapers (headquarters in Herndon)   (02/08/08)
 

Feb. 19 States
Hawaii (Dem.)
OBAMA
Honolulu Advertiser  (02/17/08)

Wisconsin
OBAMA
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  (02/17/08) 		 McCAIN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  (02/17/08) 

March States
March 4

Ohio
CLINTON
The Athens News  (02/18/08)
Akron Beacon Journal  (02/24/08)

OBAMA
The Plain Dealer - Cleveland  (02/10/08)
The Enquirer - Cincinnati  (03/02/08)
Canton Repository  (02/17/08) 
Dayton Daily News  (02/25/08) 
Springfield News-Sun  (03/02/08)
Toledo Blade  (02/28/08) 
Specialty
The Lantern [Ohio State University student paper]  (02/29/08)

 McCAIN
The Plain Dealer - Cleveland  (02/10/08)
The Enquirer - Cincinnati  (03/02/08)
The Athens News   (02/19/08)
Akron Beacon Journal  (02/24/08)
Canton Repository  (02/17/08)
Dayton Daily News  (02/24/08)
Springfield News-Sun  (03/02/08)
Specialty
The Lantern [Ohio State University student paper]  (02/29/08)

Rhode Island

Texas
CLINTON
Laredo Morning Times  (02/25/08)
The Daily Texan (student newspaper for Univ. of Texas at Austin)  (02/22/08)

OBAMA
Austin American-Statesman  (02/02/08) 
Corpus Christi Caller-Times  (02/17/08) 
Dallas Morning News  (12/23/07 and 02/07/08) 
El Paso Times  (02/10/08) 
Fort Worth Star-Telegram  (02/17/08) 
Houston Chronicle  (02/16/08) 
San Antonio Express-News  (02/10/08) 
(Texas' seven largest newspapers) 

 HUCKABEE
Dallas Morning News   (12/24/08)

McCAIN
Austin American-Statesman  (02/01/08) 
Corpus Christi Caller-Times  (02/17/08) 
El Paso Times  (02/10/08) 
Fort Worth Star-Telegram  (02/17/08) 
Houston Chronicle  (02/16/08) 
San Antonio Express-News  (02/10/08) 

Vermont
CLINTON
Vermont Women
 

March 11

Mississippi
April
April 22
Pennsylvania
CLINTON
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  (04/20/08)
Daily Pennsylvanian [University of Pennsylvania] (04/17/08)

OBAMA
Philadelphia Inquirer   (01/26/08)  ...note neighboring primaries in NJ, DE on Feb. 5
Philadelphia Daily News  (04/17/08)
Allentown Morning Call  (04/13/08)
Scranton Times-Tribune  (04/13/08)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  (04/16/08)
Patriot-News (Harrisburg)  (04/16/08)
Bucks County Courier Times  (04/16/08)
The Citizens' Voice (Wilkes-Barre)  (04/18/08)
McCAIN
Philadelphia Inquirer   (01/26/08)  ...note neighboring primaries in NJ, DE on Feb. 5

May
May 6 States
Indiana
CLINTON
Indianapolis Star (05/02/08)

OBAMA
Gary Post-Tribune (05/04/08)

North Carolina
OBAMA
Charlotte Observer (05/04/08)
 
May 13
West Virginia
OBAMA
Charleston Gazette (04/08/08)
 

May 20
Kentucky

Oregon
CLINTON
Salem Statesman Journal  (05/04/08)

OBAMA
The Oregonian  (02/03/08)
Portland Tribune  (04/08/08)
Eugene Register-Guard  (04/20/08)
 


An Example of a No-Endorsement
Tennessean   (02/03/08) - "Without access to the candidates or even to their top advisers, and without hearing detailed views of national issues and their impact on Tennessee, we are uncomfortable making recommendations for the primary; that lack of information and lack of access prevent us from adding insight to the information you already have."
 

Notes
Candidates and their campaigns are not shy
about trumpeting newspaper endorsements:

 
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