# News media endorsements in the 2020 United States presidential primaries

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Newspapers and other news media in the United States traditionally endorse candidates for party nomination for President of the United States, and later endorse one of the ultimate nominees for president. Below is a list of notable endorsements in 2020, by candidate, for each primary race.

## Democrats
### Nominee
#### Joe Biden

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| Sioux City Journal | Iowa | January 25, 2020 |
| Las Vegas Weekly (co-endorsement with Klobuchar) | Nevada | February 13, 2020 |
| Las Vegas Sun (co-endorsement with Klobuchar) | Nevada | February 14, 2020 |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | California | March 2, 2020 |
| Detroit News | Michigan | March 2, 2020 |
| Detroit Free Press | Michigan | March 5, 2020 |
| Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg) | Florida | March 5, 2020 |
| Chicago Sun-Times | Illinois | March 6, 2020 |
| Palm Beach Post | Florida | March 6, 2020 |
| Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake) | Illinois | March 7, 2020 |
| Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale) | Florida | March 7, 2020 |
| The Herald (Everett) | Washington | March 8, 2020 |
| The Chicago Crusader | Illinois | March 13, 2020 |

### Withdrawn candidates
#### Michael Bloomberg

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| TimesDaily (Florence) | Alabama | February 26, 2020 |
| The Charlotte Post | North Carolina | February 26, 2020 |
| Boston Herald | Massachusetts | March 2, 2020 |
| The Lowell Sun | Massachusetts | March 2, 2020 |
| Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) | Massachusetts | March 2, 2020 |

#### Pete Buttigieg

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | California | February 20, 2020 |
| The State (Columbia) | South Carolina | February 24, 2020 |
| El Paso Times | Texas | February 25, 2020 |
| Orlando Sentinel | Florida | February 28, 2020 |

#### Amy Klobuchar

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| Quad-City Times (Davenport) | Iowa | January 19, 2020 |
| The New York Times (co-endorsement with Warren) | New York | January 19, 2020 |
| New Hampshire Union Leader (Manchester) | New Hampshire | January 25, 2020 |
| Keene Sentinel | New Hampshire | January 27, 2020 |
| Iowa City Press-Citizen | Iowa | January 31, 2020 |
| Foster's Daily Democrat (Dover) | New Hampshire | January 31, 2020 |
| Las Vegas Weekly (co-endorsement with Biden) | Nevada | February 13, 2020 |
| Las Vegas Sun (co-endorsement with Biden) | Nevada | February 14, 2020 |
| The Mercury News (San Jose) | California | February 14, 2020 |
| Houston Chronicle | Texas | February 16, 2020 |
| The San Francisco Chronicle | California | February 21, 2020 |
| The Seattle Times | Washington | February 21, 2020 |
| Bangor Daily News | Maine | February 27, 2020 |
| The Star Tribune (Minneapolis) | Minnesota | February 29, 2020 |

#### Bernie Sanders

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| The Chicago Maroon (University of Chicago) | Illinois | January 24, 2020 |
| The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa) | Iowa | January 29, 2020 |
| The Daily Pennsylvanian (University of Pennsylvania) | Pennsylvania | February 2, 2020 |
| The Conway Daily Sun | New Hampshire | February 4, 2020 |
| San Francisco Bay Guardian | California | February 10, 2020 |
| The Valley Advocate (Northampton) | Massachusetts | February 12, 2020 |
| The Times-Standard (Eureka) | California | February 23, 2020 |
| The Michigan Daily (University of Michigan) | Michigan | February 23, 2020 |
| The Stranger (Seattle) | Washington | February 26, 2020 |
| Yemeni American News (Dearborn) | Michigan | February 26, 2020 |
| Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton) | Massachusetts | February 27, 2020 |
| The Columbia Chronicle (Columbia College Chicago) | Illinois | February 29, 2020 |
| The Nation | New York | March 2, 2020 |
| Metro Times (Detroit) | Michigan | March 4, 2020 |
| Maui Time Weekly | Hawaii | March 4, 2020 |
| Creative Loafing Tampa Bay | Florida | March 6, 2020 |
| The Arab American News (Dearborn) | Michigan | March 8, 2020 |

#### Elizabeth Warren

| Publication | State | Endorsement date |
| The Storm Lake Times | Iowa | December 11, 2019 |
| The New York Times (co-endorsement with Klobuchar) | New York | January 19, 2020 |
| Des Moines Register | Iowa | January 25, 2020 |
| The Austin Chronicle | Texas | February 14, 2020 |
| The Boston Globe | Massachusetts | February 26, 2020 |
| The Daily Bruin (University of California, Los Angeles) | California | March 2, 2020 |

#### Andrew Yang

| Publication | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
| The Lowell Sun | Massachusetts | January 27, 2020 | |
| Sentinel & Enterprise (Fitchburg) | Massachusetts | January 27, 2020 | |

## Republicans
### Nominee
#### Donald Trump

| Publication | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
| El Paso Times | Texas | March 1, 2020 | |
| Boston Herald | Massachusetts | March 2, 2020 | |

### Withdrawn candidate
#### Bill Weld

| Publication | State | Endorsement date | Ref. |
| The Boston Globe | Massachusetts | February 26, 2020 | |
| The Republican (Springfield) | Massachusetts | March 1, 2020 | |