By: Greg Mitchell In a fairly quiet day on the newspaper endorsement front, Sen. John Kerry picked up the biggest prize, gaining the support of The Virginian-Pilot in the military-heavy city of Norfolk. Once thought to be safe for President Bush, Virginia is now back in play by some estimates.
In E&P's exclusive daily tally of endorsements, the Democrat also picked up two other papers in swing states: the Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., and the Concord (N.H.) Monitor. Kerry now leads the president 58-44 in E&P's accounting.
Bush also picked up three papers today, and they, too, are in swing states. In West Virginia, he got the nod from The Intelligencer in Wheeling and the Charleston Daily Mail, and he was endorsed by The Chippewa Herald in Chippewa Falls, Wisc.
Kerry maintains about a 4 million reader lead in terms of circulation of newspapers endorsing him. (See chart below.)
In backing the challenger, the Virginian-Pilot declared: "In poll after poll, Americans say that the nation is on the wrong track. They are right. It is time for fresh leadership at the Pentagon, time for a president who will hold subordinates accountable, time for a chief executive with the wisdom to recognize fatal miscalculations.
"If you want the same results, you keep doing the same thing. We do not doubt George Bush?s good intentions. We doubt his judgment. The results speak for themselves."
In endorsing Bush, the Intelligencer said: "What would another four Bush years bring? Certainly more in the direction of lessening the burden of taxation, as well as badly needed reforms to the Alternative Minimum Tax, Social Security and other programs. ... Bush's economic record is not perfect, but it is very good, a fact that has been overshadowed by the war. But on economic grounds alone, Bush deserves re-election."
Here our updated chart, with circulation numbers and indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it).
JOHN KERRY
58 newspapers total
9,504,464 daily circulationARIZONA
Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) (G): 109,592
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco Chronicle (G): 501,135
The Sacramento Bee (G): 303,841
San Jose Mercury News (G): 279,539
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Daytona Beach News-Journal (G): 112,945
Florida Today (Melbourne) (G): 90,877
Bradenton Herald (B): 52,163
GEORGIA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 418,323
HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
ILLINOIS
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
IOWA
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
KENTUCKY
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505
Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831
The Argus-Press (Owosso): 11,438
MINNESOTA
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (G): 377,058
Duluth News Tribune: 45,688
The Free Press (Mankato): 21,591
MISSOURI
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (G): 281,198
The Kansas City Star (G): 269,188
Columbia Daily Tribune (B): 18,874
NEVADA
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Concord Monitor (G): 19,984
NEW MEXICO
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220
OREGON
The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040
Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411
Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
TENNESSEE
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
VIRGINIA
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
GEORGE W. BUSH
45 newspapers total
5,539,304 daily circulationALABAMA
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside): 191,802
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
COLORADO
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
GEORGIA
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
IOWA
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 248,988
The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
MICHIGAN
The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216
The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
NEW MEXICO
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
NEW YORK
The New York Sun: 18,000
OHIO
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
PENNSYLVANIA
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539
The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
WISCONSIN
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804
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