News media endorsements in the 2020 United States presidential primaries

Newspapers and other news media in the United States traditionally endorse candidates for party nomination for President of the United States, and later endorse one of the ultimate nominees for president. Below is a list of notable endorsements in 2020, by candidate, for each primary race.

Democrats

Nominee

Joe Biden

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
Sioux City Journal	Iowa	January 25, 2020	[1]
Las Vegas Weekly (co-endorsement with Klobuchar)	Nevada	February 13, 2020	[2]
Las Vegas Sun (co-endorsement with Klobuchar)	Nevada	February 14, 2020	[3]
The San Diego Union-Tribune	California	March 2, 2020	[4][5]
Detroit News	Michigan	March 2, 2020	[6]
Detroit Free Press	Michigan	March 5, 2020	[7]
Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg)	Florida	March 5, 2020	[8]
Chicago Sun-Times	Illinois	March 6, 2020	[9]
Palm Beach Post	Florida	March 6, 2020	[10]
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake)	Illinois	March 7, 2020	[11]
Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale)	Florida	March 7, 2020	[12]
The Herald (Everett)	Washington	March 8, 2020	[13]
The Chicago Crusader	Illinois	March 13, 2020	[14]

Withdrawn candidates

Michael Bloomberg

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
TimesDaily (Florence)	Alabama	February 26, 2020	[15]
The Charlotte Post	North Carolina	February 26, 2020	[16]
Boston Herald	Massachusetts	March 2, 2020	[17]
The Lowell Sun	Massachusetts	March 2, 2020	[18][19]
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg)	Massachusetts	March 2, 2020	[20][19]

Pete Buttigieg

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
The San Diego Union-Tribune	California	February 20, 2020	[21][5]
The State (Columbia)	South Carolina	February 24, 2020	[22]
El Paso Times	Texas	February 25, 2020	[23]
Orlando Sentinel	Florida	February 28, 2020	[24]

Amy Klobuchar

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
Quad-City Times (Davenport)	Iowa	January 19, 2020	[25]
The New York Times (co-endorsement with Warren)	New York	January 19, 2020	[26]
New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester)	New Hampshire	January 25, 2020	[27]
Keene Sentinel	New Hampshire	January 27, 2020	[28]
Iowa City Press-Citizen	Iowa	January 31, 2020	[29]
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover)	New Hampshire	January 31, 2020	[30]
Las Vegas Weekly (co-endorsement with Biden)	Nevada	February 13, 2020	[2]
Las Vegas Sun (co-endorsement with Biden)	Nevada	February 14, 2020	[3]
The Mercury News (San Jose)	California	February 14, 2020	[31]
Houston Chronicle	Texas	February 16, 2020	[32][33]
The San Francisco Chronicle	California	February 21, 2020	[34]
The Seattle Times	Washington	February 21, 2020	[35]
Bangor Daily News	Maine	February 27, 2020	[36]
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis)	Minnesota	February 29, 2020	[37]

Bernie Sanders

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
The Chicago Maroon (University of Chicago)	Illinois	January 24, 2020	[38]
The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa)	Iowa	January 29, 2020	[39]
The Daily Pennsylvanian (University of Pennsylvania)	Pennsylvania	February 2, 2020	[40]
The Conway Daily Sun	New Hampshire	February 4, 2020	[41]
San Francisco Bay Guardian	California	February 10, 2020	[42]
The Valley Advocate (Northampton)	Massachusetts	February 12, 2020	[43]
The Times-Standard (Eureka)	California	February 23, 2020	[44]
The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan)	Michigan	February 23, 2020	[45]
The Stranger (Seattle)	Washington	February 26, 2020	[46]
Yemeni American News (Dearborn)	Michigan	February 26, 2020	[47]
Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton)	Massachusetts	February 27, 2020	[48]
The Columbia Chronicle (Columbia College Chicago)	Illinois	February 29, 2020	[49]
The Nation	New York	March 2, 2020	[50]
Metro Times (Detroit)	Michigan	March 4, 2020	[51]
Maui Time Weekly	Hawaii	March 4, 2020	[52]
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay	Florida	March 6, 2020	[53]
The Arab American News (Dearborn)	Michigan	March 8, 2020	[54]

Elizabeth Warren

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
The Storm Lake Times	Iowa	December 11, 2019	[55]
The New York Times (co-endorsement with Klobuchar)	New York	January 19, 2020	[26]
Des Moines Register	Iowa	January 25, 2020	[56]
The Austin Chronicle	Texas	February 14, 2020	[57]
The Boston Globe	Massachusetts	February 26, 2020	[58]
The Daily Bruin (University of California, Los Angeles)	California	March 2, 2020	[59]

Andrew Yang

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
The Lowell Sun	Massachusetts	January 27, 2020	[60][19]
Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg)	Massachusetts	January 27, 2020	[61][19]

Republicans

Nominee

Donald Trump

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
El Paso Times	Texas	March 1, 2020	[62]
Boston Herald	Massachusetts	March 2, 2020	[63]

Withdrawn candidate

Bill Weld

Publication	State	Endorsement date	Ref.
The Boston Globe	Massachusetts	February 26, 2020	[64]
The Republican (Springfield)	Massachusetts	March 1, 2020	[65]

See also

References

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