Endorsements by Newspapers and Magazines Endorsements in the General Election
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2004 Democratic Primaries

(Through Super Tuesday, March 2, 2004)
National
Lieberman
The New Republic (01/07/04...issue date 01/19/04)
Sharpton
Black Enterprise
 

Iowa
Edwards
Des Moines Register (01/11/04)
...a Gannett paper.
Iowa Bystander (01/04)

Kerry
Quad-City Times (01/08/04)
Davenport.  Circulation - Daily 52,000.  Sunday 72,000  ...a Lee Enterprises paper.
The Hawk Eye (01/10/04)
Burlington.  Circulation - Daily 20,000.  Sunday 22,000  ...the Harris Group, Hutchinson, KS.
Iowa City Press-Citizen (01/10/04)
Circulation - about 18,000  ...a Gannett paper.
 

New Hampshire
Clark
Exeter News-Letter (01/16/04)
...Seacoast Newspapers - a subsidiary of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., a Dow Jones Company.
Connecticut Valley Spectator (01/22/04)
...weekly, West Lebanon, NH.
Conway Daily Sun (01/23/04)
...Country Club News, Inc.
 

Dean
Keene Sentinel (01/18/04)
The principal publication of The Keene Publishing Corporation; founded in 1799.
Salmon Press newspapers (01/21/04):Berlin Reporter - Granite State News (Wolfeboro) - Littleton Courier - Telegram (Franklin) - Coos County Democrat (Lancaster) - Carroll County Independent (Ossippee) - Record Enterprise (Plymouth) - Meredith News

Edwards
Berlin Reporter (01/21/04)
Circulation - "somewhere under 4,500"  ...Salmon Press.
The Dartmouth (01/26/04)

Kerry
Portsmouth Herald (01/23/04)
...Seacoast Newspapers - a subsidiary of Ottaway Newspapers Inc., a Dow Jones Company.
Concord Monitor (01/18/04)
Nashua Telegraph (01/18/04)
Circulation - about 27,000 daily and 32,000 on Sunday ...Independent Publications Inc. of Bryn Mawr, PA.
Valley News (01/22/04)
West Lebanon.  Seven-day daily.  Circulation 17,000.
The Cabinet Press (01/22/04); four New Hampshire weekly papers - the Milford Cabinet, the Bedford Journal, the Hollis Brookline Journal, and the Merrimack Journal
Combined circulation of 35,000.
Boston Globe (01/22/04)
Boston Herald (01/21/04)
Boston Phoenix (issue date: January 23-29, 2004)

Lieberman
Union Leader (01/20/04)
Manchester.  New Hampshire's largest paper.  Circulation - Daily 62,000, Sunday 85,000.
Foster's Daily Democrat (01/23/04) and Laconia Citizen (01/23/04)
Eagle-Tribune (01/18/04)
Lawrence, MA.
 

Arizona (Feb. 3, 2004)
Lieberman
Arizona Republic (01/29/04)
Arizona's largest paper.  Circulation - Daily 496,000, Sunday 601,000.   ...a Gannett paper.

New Mexico (Feb. 3, 2004)
Clark
Albuquerque Tribune (1/19/04) >
Kerry
Santa Fe New Mexican (01/28/04)
Circulation - about 26,000 daily, 27,000 Sunday.

Oklahoma (Feb. 3, 2004)
Clark
Norman Transcript (02/01/04)
Lawton Constitution (02/01/04)
McAlester News-Capital & Democrat (02/02/04)
Six-day per week, 10,500 daily  ...a Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc. paper.
Muskogee Daily Phoenix
  ...a Gannett paper.
Native American Times (12/30/03)
Tulsa.  "the largest independently owned Native American Newspaper in the United States"
Dean
Oologah Lake Leader (08/28/03)
Oologah.  weekly.
Lieberman
Oklahoma City Friday (12/12/03)
"Oklahoma's Largest and Award Winningest Suburban Weekly Newspaper"
Hugo Daily News (01/28/04)
about 7,000 readers--one of the smallest dailies in America; the largest daily paper in Choctaw County in Southeast Oklahoma.

Missouri (Feb. 3, 2004)
Kerry
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (02/01/04)
Kansas City Star (02/01/04)
...Knight Ridder paper.
Springfield News-Leader (01/30/04)
Circulation - Daily 65,000, Sunday 98,000.

South Carolina (Feb. 3, 2004)
Lieberman
The State [Columbia] (02/01/04)
Greenville News (02/01/04)
 

Michigan (Feb. 7, 2004)
Kerry
Detroit Free Press (01/29/04)
Edwards
Michigan Daily (02/05/04)

Washington (Feb. 7, 2004)
Lieberman
Seattle Times (02/01/04)
 

Maine (Feb. 8 2004)
Edwards
Portland Press Herald (02/02/04)
Owned by Blethen Maine Newspapers, a member of the SeattleTimes family.
 

Tennessee (Feb. 10 2004)
Kerry
Tennessean (02/08/04)
Chattanooga Times Free Press (02/08/04)

Virginia (Feb. 10, 2004)
 
 

DC (Feb. 14, 2004)
Edwards
GW Hatchet (02/02/04)
 

Wisconsin (Feb. 17, 2004)
Edwards
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (02/16/04)
Capital Times [Madison] (02/14/04)
 
 

California (March 2, 2004)
Edwards
Fresno Bee (02/22/04)
Modesto Bee (02/25/04)
Kerry
Sacramento Bee (02/22/04)
San Jose Mercury News (02/25/04)
Los Angeles Daily News (02/ /04)
San Bernardino County Sun (02/28/04)
San Francisco Chronicle (02/29 /04)
Kucinich
San Francisco Bay Guardian (02/18/04)

Georgia (March 2, 2004)
Kerry
Atlanta Journal Constitution (02/27/04)

Maryland (March 2, 2004)
Kerry
Baltimore Sun (02/29/04)

Minnesota (March 2, 2004)
Edwards
Mesabi Daily News (03/01/04)
Kerry
St. Paul Pioneer Press (02/29/04)
West Central Minnesota Tribune (03/01/04)

New York (March 2, 2004)
Edwards
Columbia Spectator (03/01/04)  - Columbia University
Kerry
New York Times (02/26/04)
Times Herald-Record (02/27/04)  - serves Hudson Valley and the Catskills
Albany Times Union (02/29/04)
Buffalo News (02/29/04)
New York Daily News (02/29/04)
Newsday (02/29/04)

Ohio (March 2, 2004)
Edwards
Cincinnati Enquirer (02/29/04)
Kerry
Dayton Daily News (02/26/04)
Akron Beacon Journal (02/ /04)
Cleveland Plain Dealer (03/01/04)
 

Oregon
Kerry
The Oregonian (02/01/04)
 
 
 

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