UPDATED ENDORSEMENT TALLY

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Editor & Publisher: Daily Endorsement Tally: A Good Day for Bush, But Kerry Still Far in the Lead

On a rare day this month, President George W. Bush has topped Sen. John Kerry in the number of new newspaper endorsements, while also grabbing today's biggest prize.

Today’s biggie for Bush: the Boston Herald. Kerry picked up the second largest paper endorsing today, The Honolulu Advertiser, but Bush answered with The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. In all, we added six papers to Bush’s total and three to Kerry's.

In E&P’s exclusive daily endorsement tally, Kerry continues to lead by a wide margin, with 55 papers backing him, compared to 42 for Bush. The democrat also remains far ahead in total circulation of his endorsers, by about a 9-5 margin....

Added to the Bush column in addition to the Herald and Spokesman-Review: The Advocate in Newark, Ohio, The Record in Stockton, Calif., the Southwest Times Record in Fort Smith, Ark., and The Reporter in Vacaville, Calif.

Other new support for Kerry came from: the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer and the Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette.

Meanwhile, the world continutes to hold its breath while awaiting endorsements from The Columbus Dispatch and Cleveland's Plain Dealer, both in the swingiest of swing states, Ohio.
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In key swing state West Virginia, the Charleston Gazette took an unusual stance of declaring that "the health-care crisis is by far the most pressing domestic issue." It said that Kerry understand this far better than Bush, recognizing "that the American middle class cannot grow and thrive when many families cannot afford basic health care or college education for their children."

TOTALS:
JOHN KERRY
55 newspapers total
9,226,709 daily circulation

GEORGE W. BUSH
42 newspapers total
5,477,272 daily circulation

UPDATED Endorsement Tally with links to Kerry Endorsements available at link below: