By: Greg Mitchell As editorial endorsements wind down along with the election campaign, only a few major papers remain on the sidelines, with their picks expected this Sunday or before. This small group includes, among others, The Providence Journal, The Sun in Baltimore, and the Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
But in today's updated E&P list of endorsements, mainly adding small and midsized papers, President Bush made some gains, picking up 20 while Sen. John Kerry added 15. Kerry now leads in endorsements 142 to 123 and in the circulation of those papers (roughly 17.5 million to 11.5 million).
Kerry picked up two more "switches": both the Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer and the Monterey County (Ca.) Herald were Bush backers in 2000. The president nabbed one Gore supporter from 2000, The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wis. So Kerry now holds a lopsided margin in switchers (that we know of), picking up 37 flip-flops compared to Bush's six.
The Huntsville (Ala.) Times, which backed Gore in 2000, ran twin endorsements this year.
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, as we have noted elsewhere, chose not to endorse this year after backing Bush in 2000. In the same category: the Texas daily, The (Bryan) Eagle.
New additions for Bush today:
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) and The Post-Crescent (Appleton) in Wisconsin; King County Journal (Bellevue) and The Daily News (Longview) in Washington; The Desert Sun (Palm Springs), San Bernardino Sun, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, Whittier Daily News, and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in California; Sentinel & Enterprise in Fitchburg, Mass.; The Register Citizen in Torrington, Conn.; Albany Democrat-Herald in Oregon; The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pa.; Elko Daily Free Press in Nevada; The Ledger Independent (Maysville, Ky.); and News Journal (Mansfield), Chillicothe Gazette, and The Independent (Massillon) in Ohio.
New additions for Kerry today:
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Bay City Times in Michigan; The Monterey County Herald in California; The Tuscaloosa News in Alabama; The News Tribune (Tacoma) and The Olympian (Olympia) in Washington; Morning Sentinel (Waterville) in Maine; Daily Record (Parsippany) in New Jersey; The Burlington Free Press and Rutland Herald in Vermont; Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer; Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre) and The Citizens' Voice (Wilkes-Barre) in Pennsylvania; and The Baytown Sun in Texas.
Here is our updated chart, state by state, including each paper's most recent ABC daily circulation total and an indication of who the paper backed in 2000, Bush or Gore (if we know it). Note: We are not including weeklies or college papers.
JOHN KERRY
142 newspapers total
17,403,436 daily circulationALABAMA
The Tuscaloosa News: 34,616
The Anniston Star (G): 26,527
The Decatur Daily (G): 23,641
ARIZONA
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
Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek) (B): 186,335
Daily News (Los Angeles) (B): 178,044
The Fresno Bee (G): 166,531
Ventura County Star (B): 93,664
The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa) (G): 89,384
The Modesto Bee (G): 87,366
The Oakland Tribune (G): 67,807
The Monterey County Herald (B): 34,813
Santa Cruz Sentinel (B): 26,136
Merced Sun-Star: 17,247
COLORADO
Daily Camera (Boulder) (B): 33,419
Fort Collins Coloradoan (G): 28,415
Durango Herald (G): 8,621
CONNECTICUT
The Day (New London) (B): 39,553
The Stamford Advocate (B): 27,350
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Post (G): 772,553
FLORIDA
St. Petersburg Times (G): 358,502
The Miami Herald (G): 325,032
Orlando Sentinel (B): 269,269
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Ft. Lauderdale) (G): 268,927
The Palm Beach Post (G): 181,727
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (G): 121,272
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
The Macon Telegraph: 65,871
HAWAII
The Honolulu Advertiser (G): 145,943
IDAHO
The Idaho Statesman (Boise) (B): 65,714
ILLINOIS
Chicago Sun-Times (B): 486,936
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) (B): 150,794
Rockford Register-Star (B): 65,685
Daily Southtown (Chicago) (G): 48,858
Edwardsville Intelligencer (B): 5,092
INDIANA
The Times (Munster): 86,474
The Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) (G): 61,205
IOWA
The Des Moines Register (G): 155,898
Quad City Times (Davenport) (B): 53,872
The Hawk Eye (Burlington) (G): 19,000
Iowa City Press-Citizen (B): 15,077
KANSAS
The Hutchinson News (G): 32,625
KENTUCKY
The Courier-Journal (Louisville) (G): 216,934
Lexington Herald-Leader (G): 122,748
LOUISIANA
The Times (Shreveport) (G): 66,614
MAINE
Portland Press Herald (G): 73,211
Bangor Daily News (B): 61,337
Morning Sentinel (Waterville): 19,639
Kennebec Journal (Augusta): 14,845
MASSACHUSETTS
The Boston Globe (G): 452,109
Telegram & Gazette (Worcester) (B): 103,586
The Republican (Springfield): 84,694
The Standard-Times (New Bedford): 35,299
MICHIGAN
Detroit Free Press (G): 354,581
The Flint Journal (B): 84,313
Lansing State Journal (G): 73,594
The Muskegon Chronicle (B): 46,505
The Bay City Times: 34,126
Times Herald (Port Huron): 29,488
Traverse City Record-Eagle: 26,502
Battle Creek Enquirer: 24,831
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus: 13,472
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
MONTANA
Billings Gazette (B): 47,849
NEVADA
Reno Gazette-Journal (G): 66,073
Las Vegas Sun (G): 34,407
Nevada Appeal (Carson City): 15,296
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Telegraph (Nashua): 26,762
Concord Monitor (G): 19,984
The Keene Sentinel (G): 13,620
Portsmouth Herald (G): 13,551
NEW JERSEY
The Star-Ledger (Newark) (G): 407,945
The Record (Hackensack) (G): 171,251
The Times (Trenton) (G): 73,235
Daily Record (Parsippany): 42,665
NEW MEXICO
The Santa Fe New Mexican (G): 25,308
The Albuquerque Tribune (B): 13,536
NEW YORK
The New York Times (G): 1,133,763
Newsday (Melville) (G): 580,346
The Buffalo News (G): 201,900
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (G): 169,697
The Journal-News (White Plains) (B): 142,145
The Post-Star (Glens Falls): 33,608
Star-Gazette (Elmira) (B): 28,826
NORTH CAROLINA
The Charlotte Observer (G): 231,369
The News & Observer (Raleigh) (G): 173,329
Asheville Citizen Times: 55,982
The Daily Reflector (Greenville): 25,777
NORTH DAKOTA
Grand Forks Herald (G): 32,385
The Bismarck Tribune: 27,111
OHIO
Dayton Daily News (G): 183,175
The Blade (Toledo) (G): 139,293
Akron Beacon Journal (G): 139,220
OREGON
The Oregonian (Portland) (B): 342,040
The Register-Guard (Eugene) (G): 72,411
Statesman Journal (Salem): 56,298
Mail Tribune (Medford): 35,524
East Oregonian (Pendleton): 10,236
The Daily Astorian (Astoria): 8,429
PENNSYLVANIA
The Philadelphia Inquirer (G): 387,692
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (G): 245,065
The Philadelphia Daily News (G): 139,983
The Morning Call (Allentown) (B): 131,110
Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre): 44,639
The Citizens' Voice (G): 33,343
Centre Daily Times (State College): 25,354
TENNESSEE
The Tennessean (Nashville) (G): 205,158
The Commercial-Appeal (Memphis) (B): 189,961
The Jackson Sun (G): 35,561
TEXAS
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (B): 60,537
Waco Tribune-Herald: 40,699
Longview News-Journal: 29,509
The Lufkin Daily News: 14,608
The Baytown Sun: 11,374
VERMONT
The Burlington Free Press: 47,278
Rutland Herald (G): 21,125
VIRGINIA
The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) (G): 201,473
The Roanoke Times: 100,447
Daily Press (Newport News): 95,228
WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times (B): 237,303
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (G): 150,901
The News Tribune (Tacoma) (G): 128,748
The Herald (Everett) (G): 50,998
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick) (B): 42,285
The Olympian (Olympia) (G): 34,482
The Sun (Bremerton) (B): 30,731
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin (B): 14,275
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Gazette (G): 49,529
WISCONSIN
The Journal Times (Racine) (G): 29,264
The Wausau Daily Herald (B): 22,757
GEORGE W. BUSH
123 newspapers total
11,530,493 daily circulation ALABAMA
Birmigham News (B): 153,195
Mobile Register (B): 100,244
ARIZONA
The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) (B): 466,926
ARKANSAS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) (B): 187,601
Southwest Times Record (Fort Smith) (B): 37,636
CALIFORNIA
The San Diego Union-Tribune (B): 361,317
Investor's Business Daily (Los Angeles): 230,459
The Press-Enterprise (Riverside) (B): 191,802
Press-Telegram (Long Beach) (B): 96,466
San Bernardino Sun: 73,323
The Bakersfield Californian (B): 71,495
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (B): 65,202
The Record (Stockton) (B): 62,139
The Desert Sun (Palm Springs) (B): 58,527
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (B): 48,920
Pasadena Star-News (B): 35,181
The Reporter (Vacaville) (B): 18,227
Whittier Daily News: 17,330
COLORADO
The Denver Post (G): 286,197
Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (B): 286,004
The Pueblo Chieftain: 52,208
Daily Times-Call (Longmont): 21,465
Loveland Daily Reporter-Herald: 17,548
Daily Record (Canon City): 8,164
CONNECTICUT
The Hartford Courant (B): 187,394
New Haven Register (B): 92,022
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport) (B): 76,133
The Register Citizen (Torrington): 8,245
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
The Washington Times (B): 100,228
FLORIDA
The Ledger (Lakeland) (B): 75,539
Ocala Star-Banner: 51,489
GEORGIA
Augusta Chronicle (B): 71,724
Savannah Morning News (B): 57,288
IDAHO
The Times-News (Twin Falls) (B): 23,012
ILLINOIS
Chicago Tribune (B): 578,843
Springfield State Journal-Register (B): 57,212
The Pantagraph (Bloomington) (B): 47,931
The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana): 39,190
Herald & Review (Decatur) (B): 35,233
Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale): 28,173
The Journal-Standard (Freeport): 13,693
INDIANA
The Indianapolis Star (B): 253,778
Evansville Courier & Press: 69,003
IOWA
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) (B): 63,578
Sioux City Journal: 41,929
Globe-Gazette (Mason City): 18,947
KANSAS
The Wichita Eagle: 90,835
KENTUCKY
Daily News (Bowling Green) (B): 21,555
The Ledger Independent (Maysville): 8,755
LOUISIANA
The Town Talk (Alexandria): 36,321
MARYLAND
Easton Star Democrat: 16,667
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston Herald (B): 248,988
The Sun (Lowell) (B): 50,369
Sentinel & Enterprise: 17,310
MICHIGAN
The Grand Rapids Press (B): 139,216
The Oakland Press (Pontiac): 65,484
The Macomb Daily (Mount Clemens) (G): 43,584
The Herald Palladium (St. Joseph): 23,423
Midland Daily News: 16,076
NEBRASKA
Omaha World-Herald (B): 197,627
Lincoln Journal Star (B): 75,679
NEVADA
Las Vegas Review-Journal (B): 170,061
Elko Daily Free Press: 7,386
NEW HAMPSHIRE
The Union Leader (Manchester) (B): 59,605
Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover): 22,995
NEW JERSEY
Asbury Park Press (Neptune) (B): 161,937
NEW MEXICO
Las Cruces Sun-News (B): 22,168
Farmington Daily Times (B): 18,144
Carlsbad Current-Argus (B): 8,030
NEW YORK
New York Post (B): 678,012
The New York Sun: 53,688
NORTH CAROLINA
The Enterprise-Record (Mocksville): 11,800
NORTH DAKOTA
The Forum (Fargo) (B): 52,238
OHIO
The Columbus Dispatch (B): 371,551
The Cincinnati Enquirer (B): 216,509
The Repository (Canton) (B): 66,014
The News-Herald (Lake County-Willoughby): 45,366
The Cincinnati Post (B): 40,618
News Journal (Mansfield): 32,641
The Times Reporter (New Philadelphia)(B): 23,956
The Courier (Findlay) (B): 22,319
The Advocate (Newark): 22,217
Chillicothe Gazette: 16,018
The Independent (Massillon): 12,932
OKLAHOMA
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (B): 223,403
Tulsa World (B): 139,383
OREGON
The News-Review (Roseburg): 19,272
Albany Democrat-Herald (B): 17,786
Daily Courier (Grants Pass): 16,392
Argus Observer (Ontario): 7,367
PENNSYLVANIA
Erie Times-News (B): 60,771
The Express-Times (Easton): 50,439
York Daily Record (G): 46,554
Altoona Mirror (B): 32,339
The Sentinel (Carlisle): 15,072
SOUTH CAROLINA
Herald-Journal (Spartanburg) (G): 50,386
SOUTH DAKOTA
Argus Leader (Sioux Falls) (G): 54,700
TENNESSEE
The Leaf-Chronicle (Clarksville): 22,057
TEXAS
Houston Chronicle (B): 549,300
The Dallas Morning News (B): 546,177
San Antonio Express-News (B): 252,889
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (B): 247,167
Austin American-Statesman (B): 184,907
El Paso Times: 74,278
Amarillo Globe-News (B): 51,105
UTAH
The Salt Lake Tribune: 135,730
VIRGINIA
Richmond Times-Dispatch (B): 191,732
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg) (B): 47,866
News Advance (Lynchburg): 37,447
Daily News-Record (Harrisonburg): 32,202
Danville Register & Bee: 21,701
WASHINGTON
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (B): 100,760
The Columbian (Vancouver) (B): 51,498
King County Journal (Bellevue): 44,592
The Daily News (Longview): 22,138
The Chronicle (Centralia): 14,524
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston Daily Mail (B): 34,539
The Parkersburg News: 23,558
The Intelligencer (Wheeling): 20,689
Bluefield Daily Telegraph: 19,877
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (B): 91,356
The Post-Crescent (Appleton) (G): 54,193
Oshkosh Northwestern (B): 21,748
The Chippewa Herald (Chippewa Falls) (B): 6,804
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