Newspapers in the United States have traditionally endorsed candidates for party nomination prior to their final endorsements for President. Below is the list of endorsements in 2012, by candidate, for each primary race.
Democrats
Barack Obama President Barack Obama had no significant opposition in his campaign for renomination in 2012. However, the following newspapers specifically endorsed him for the Democratic nomination: Newspaper State San Antonio Express-News Texas Kansas City Star Missouri The Citizen (Laconia) New Hampshire
Republicans
Newt Gingrich Newspaper State New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester) New Hampshire The Tampa Tribune Florida
Jon Huntsman Newspaper State The State (Columbia)The State first endorsed Jon Huntsman, but endorsed Mitt Romney after Huntsman suspended his campaign before the South Carolina primary. South Carolina The Boston Globe Massachusetts The Citizen (Laconia) New Hampshire Concord Monitor New Hampshire The Keene Sentinel New Hampshire Valley News (White River Junction) Vermont
Ron Paul Newspaper State NJToday.net (Elizabeth) New Jersey Independent Florida Alligator (University of Florida) Florida Littleton Courier New Hampshire Berlin Reporter (Lancaster) New Hampshire Coos County Democrat (Lancaster) New Hampshire The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa) Iowa
Mitt Romney Newspaper State San Antonio Express-News Texas Houston Chronicle Texas Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Pennsylvania Hartford Courant Connecticut The Baltimore Sun Maryland Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin Journal Star (Peoria) Illinois Chicago Tribune Illinois Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) Illinois The Birmingham News Alabama The Plain Dealer (Cleveland) Ohio The Cincinnati Enquirer Ohio The Columbus Dispatch Ohio The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Arizona Detroit Free Press Michigan The Grand Rapids Press Michigan The Oakland Press (Pontiac) Michigan The Detroit News Michigan The Denver Post Colorado Kansas City Star Missouri Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Orlando Sentinel Florida Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) Florida Lakeland Ledger Florida Pensacola News Journal Florida The Post and Courier (Charleston) South Carolina The State (Columbia) South Carolina The Greenville News South Carolina The Charlotte Observer North Carolina The Telegraph (Nashua) New Hampshire Boston Herald Massachusetts Quad-City Times (Davenport) Iowa Iowa City Press-Citizen Iowa The Portsmouth Herald New Hampshire The Hampton Union New Hampshire The Exeter News-Letter New Hampshire The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) Oklahoma Des Moines Register Iowa The Washington Examiner District of Columbia Sioux City Journal Iowa
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