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LA Times Will Not Endorse a Candidate for President in 2024, First Time Since 2004

Oct 22, 2024, 05:50 PM

The Los Angeles Times has announced that it will not endorse a candidate for the 2024 presidential election, marking the first time since 2004 that the newspaper has refrained from endorsing a presidential candidate. This decision was made by the paper's owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong. Historically, the LA Times has endorsed Democratic presidential candidates in every election cycle since 2008, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden. The newspaper's decision not to endorse Kamala Harris, who is from California, has sparked significant attention. The LA Times also did not endorse presidential candidates from the mid-1970s until 2008.