MONDAY: Updated Endorsement Tally -- Obama Widens Lead to 112-39
By Greg Mitchell and Dexter Hill
Published: October 21, 2008 11:50 AM ET updated Monday NEW YORK (Updated Monday) The Obama-Biden ticket maintains its strong lead in the race for daily newspaper endorsements, by 112 to 39, an almost 3-1 margin, picking up 70 or more papers in the past three days, including (see separate stories), the Detroit Free Press, Buffalo News, Cleveland's Plain Dealer, Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, New York's Daily News, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer, Portland's The Oregonian, Denver Post, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Salt Lake Tribune, Kansas City Star, and Chicago Sun-Times.
In a real shocker, two solid Bush papers in 2004, the Houston Chronicle and Austin American-Statesman, also came out for Obama on Sunday.
Obama's lopsided margin, including most of the major papers that have decided so far, is in stark contrast to John Kerry barely edging George W. Bush in endorsements in 2004 by 213 to 205.
We have also added up the circulation of the papers endorsing each candidate. Here Obama leads almost 4-1: 13.4 million to 3.7 million.
McCain did pick up a Texas nod from the San Antonio paper, plus a big one from the Columbus Dispatch in Ohio, as well as The San Diego Union-Tribune. All backed Bush in 2000 and 2004.
Note: We are updating this story and list often so return for additions.
The NY Daily News was yet another paper, now numbering at least 25, that backed George W. Bush in 2004 and now support Obama. The Long Beach (Ca.) Press-Telegram and Asbury Park (NJ) Press did the same. So did the San Gabriel Valley (Ca.) Tribune, Salt Lake Tribune, The Naples (Fla.) Daily-News, the New Haven (CT) Register, the Times-Reporter in New Philadelphia (Ohio), Las CRuces (NM) Sun-Newsm, Mason City (Iowa) Globe-Gazette and the Yakima Herald-Republic in Washington, among others. In addition, the Plain Dealer of Cleveland, which sat out the 2004 contest, endorsed Obama. McCain has picked up only one Kerry paper so far: The Daily Press of Newport News, Va.
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Here is the latest chart of dailies which we have updated on Monday. As always, we include in brackets who the paper went with in 2004 with B=Bush and K=Kerry.
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BARACK OBAMA
112 newspapers total
13,379,642 circulation total
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa News (K): 32,768
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Times (K): 34,000
CALIFORNIA
The Argus (Fremont) (K): 26,749
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (K): 183,086
Daily Breeze (Torrance): 66,599
Daily Review (Hayward) (K): 30,704
The Fresno Bee (K): 150,334
La Opinion (Los Angeles) (K): 114,892
Long Beach Press Telegram (B): 85,595
Los Angeles Daily News: 137,344
Los Angeles Times (N/A): 773,884
Marin Independent-Journal (K): 31,909
The Modesto Bee (K): 78,001
The Monterey County Herald (K): 28,933
Oakland Tribune (K): 96,535
Pasadena Star-News (B): 27,894
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 40,051
The (Stockton) Record (B): 57,486
The Sacramento Bee (K): 288,755
San Bernardino Sun (B): 54,315
San Francisco Chronicle (K): 370,345
San Jose Mercury News (K): 234,772
San Mateo County Times (K): 25,982
Santa Cruz Sentinel (K): 23,290
Tri-Valley Herald (B): 29,759
COLORADO
Boulder Camera (K): 28,994
Cortez Journal (K): 6,700
The Denver Post (B): 225,193
The Durango Herald (K): 8,870
Gunnison Country Times (N/A): 4,000
Ouray County Plaindealer (K): 3,000
CONNECTICUT
New Haven Register (B): 72,613
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post (K): 673,180
FLORIDA
Daytona Beach News-Journal: 99,627
Miami Herald (K): 240,223
Naples Daily-News (B): 66,272
Orlando Sentinel (K): 227,593
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (K): 114,904
GEORGIA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (K): 326,907
HAWAII
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (K): 64,305
IDAHO
Idaho Statesman (K): 61,927
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 541,663
Chicago Sun-Times (K): 312,274
Daily Herald (Arlington) (K): 143,152
Rockford Register Star (K): 55,913
Southwest News-Herald (K): 9,300
INDIANA
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: 64,304
Palladium-Item (Richmond) (B): 15,453
IOWA
The Hawk Eye (Burlington): 18,921
Mason City Globe Gazette (B): 17,666
The Storm Lake Times (K): 3,200
KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader (K):109,624
MAINE
Bangor Daily News (K): 55,627
Brunswick Times-Record (K): 9,317
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (K): 350,605
The Standard-Times (New Bedford) (K): 30,306
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (K): 308,944
The Muskegon Chronicle (K): 41,114
MISSOURI
Columbia Daily Tribune: 18,131
Kansas City Star: 252,785
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (K): 255,057
NEVADA
Las Vegas Sun: 174,341
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Monitor (K): 19,885
Nashua Telegraph (K): 24,272
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune)(B): 140,882
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 21,341
Santa Fe New Mexican (K): 25,249
NEW YORK
Buffalo News (K): 178,365
Daily News (B): 703,137
el Diario: 53,856
NORTH CAROLINA
Asheville Citizen-Times (K): 50,160
Durham Herald-Sun: 32,845
Greenville Daily Reflector: 21,703
News & Observer (Raleigh) (K): 176,083
Wilmington Star-News (K): 47,620
OHIO
Akron Beacon-Journal (K): 119,929
The (Toledo) Blade (K): 119,901
Dayton Daily News (K): 116,690
The (Canton) Repository (B): 65,789
Times-Reporter (New Philadelphia) (B): 22,428
Springfield News-Sun (K): 24,684
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland): 330,280
OREGON
Register-Guard (Eugene) (K): 67,400
Mail Tribune (Medford) (K): 30,349
The Oregonian (Portland) (K): 304,399
Statesman-Journal (Salem) (K): 47,152
Yamhill Valley News-Register (McMinnville): 10,921
PENNSYLVANIA
The Daily Item (Sunbury): 24,879
The Express-Times (Easton) (B): 44,561
Philadelphia Inquirer (K): 334,150
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (K): 214,374
TENNESSEE
Chattanooga Times (K): 71,716
The Commercial Appeal (Memphis) (K): 146,961
The (Nashville) Tennessean (K): 161,131
TEXAS
Austin American-Statesman (B): 170,309
The Eagle (Bryan-College Station) (B): 21,654
Houston Chronicle (B): 494,131
The Lufkin Daily News (K): 12,225
UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune (B): 121,699
VERMONT
Burlington Free Press (K): 41,901
VIRGINIA
Falls Church News-Press (K): 30,500
WASHINGTON
The Columbian (B): 44,623
The Olympian: 30,755
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (K): 129,563
The Seattle Times (K): 220,883
Tri-City Herald (K): 40,830
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: 13,624
Yakima Herald-Republic (B): 38,077
WEST VIRGINIA
The Charleston Gazette (K): 48,061
Huntington Herald-Dispatch (K): 27,463
WISCONSIN
The Capital Times (Madison) (K): 16,335
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 87,930
JOHN McCAIN
39 newspapers total
3,718,959 circulation total
CALIFORNIA
Bakersfield Californian (B) 59,433
Napa Valley Register: 16,283
Riverside Press-Enterprise (B): 164,189
The San Francisco Examiner (B): 80,000
San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 288,669
COLORADO
Mountain Valley News (Cedaredge): 2,000
The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) (B): 31,349
The Pueblo Chieftain (B): 49,169
Daily Times-Call (Longmont) (B): 21,127
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington DC Examiner (N/A): 100,073
FLORIDA
Bradenton Herald: 48,618
Tampa Tribune: 220,522
MARYLAND
The Baltimore Examiner (N/A): 50,000
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 182,350
The (Lowell) Sun (B): 44,439
MINNESOTA
The Journal (New Ulm): 7,920
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Foster’s Daily Democrat (B): 22,547
Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 51,782
NEW MEXICO
Roswell Daily Record: 11,700
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 174,341
NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 702,488
NORTH DAKOTA
Fargo Forum (B): 48,303
OHIO
Columbus Dispatch (B): 199,524
The (Findlay) Courier (B): 22,319
OREGON
Bend Bulletin (B): 32,455
TENNESSEE
The Jackson Sun (K): 32,121
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 20,354
TEXAS
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 44,764
Beaumont Enterprise: 45,684
Corpus Christi Caller-Times: 53,368
Dallas Morning News (B): 368,313
The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: 49,094
San Antonio Express-News: 225,447
Times Record News (Wichita Falls) : 28,888
Wharton Journal-Spectator: 5,000
VIRGINIA
Daily Press (Newport News) (K): 91,508
The Winchester Star: 20,218
WASHINGTON
(Spokane) Spokesman-Review (B): 89,779
WEST VIRGINIA
Wheeling News-Register (B): 12,821
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Greg Mitchell and Dexter Hill (
gmitchell@editorandpublisher.com)
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