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.
Democrats
Hillary Clinton (nominee) Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.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
Bernie Sanders Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.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
Republicans
Jeb Bush Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.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
Ben Carson Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.Jackson Advocate Mississippi February 29, 2016
Chris Christie Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref. New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester) New Hampshire November 28, 2015(retracted February 29, 2016) Boston Herald Massachusetts January 25, 2016
Ted Cruz Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.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
John Kasich Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref. 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
Ronald Reagan (write-in) Although Reagan died in 2004, one newspaper recommended a write-in vote for him to protest against Donald Trump.
Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref.The San Diego Union-Tribune California June 2, 2016
Marco Rubio Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref. 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
Donald Trump (nominee) Newspaper State Endorsement date Ref. 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
See also Newspaper endorsements in the United States presidential election, 2016
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