(Updated in bold below.)
At least 12 large newspapers have endorsed minor party nominees:
Libertarians receiving endorsements:
- Jim Gray for US Senate in California, by the Long Beach Press-Telegram.
- Don Bernau for US House, Wisconsin first district, by the Wisconsin State Journal and The Capital Times.
Greens receiving endorsements:
- Glenn L. Ross for Baltimore City Council, District 13, by the Baltimore Sun
- Robert Kinsey Kinsey for U.S. Representative, District 4, Colorado,
by the Fort Collins Coloradoan. - Thomas Sevigny for State Senator, District 8, Connecticut, by the Hartford Courant.
- Elizabeth Trice for State Representative, District 116, Maine, by the Portland Press-Herald.
- Julie Samuels for Illinois House, 8th District, by both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times (competing newspapers).
- Daryl Northrup for US Senate in Iowa, by the Iowa City Press-Citizen.
- Jan Hillegas for Hinds County, Mississippi Election Commissioner, by the Jackson Free Press.
Constitution Party candidates receiving an endorsement:
- Jim Clymer, US Senate from Pennsylvania, by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.
- Mark Andrews, Nevada assembly, district 4, by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
New party candidates getting ANY endorsements is good news. Thanks for the info.
Two points: In 1994, Libertarian Brooke King got the endorsement of both Albuquerque newspapers in his bid for a legislative seat, but surely this is the first time a Libertarian got a two-paper endorsement for Congress.
Second, I don’t believe the Jackson Free Press qualifies as a “large newspaper.” The “large” paper in Jackson is the Clarion Ledger, once a pretty good paper, but now owned by Gannett … which spells doom for quality.
Keep up the excellent work, Richard.
Julie Samuels, Green Party candidate for the Illinois House, 8th district, has been endorsed by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times.
A few more Green newspaper endorsees (and I assume this is for partisan candidates only):
San Francisco Bay Guardian: Terry Baum and Pat Gray for U.S. Representative, Districts 8 and 12, California
Fort Collins Coloradoan: Robert Kinsey for U.S. Representative, District 4, Colorado
Hartford Courant: Thomas Sevigny for State Senator, District 8, Connecticut
Portland Press-Herald: Elizabeth Trice for State Representative, District 116, Maine
Baltimore Sun endorsed Glenn L. Ross, the Green Party’s candidate in Baltimore City Council District 13.
http://www.baltimoregreens.org/glennross/index.html
The Baltimore City Paper (which, although not a large national daily like the Sun, does have wide local circulation) endorsed several other Green candidates this year in Baltimore.