New Hampshire Union Leader endorses Biden, first Democrat in more than 100 years

Joe Biden continues to rack up the “never before” endorsements as the former vice president coasts into what pollsters believe will be a dominant Nov. 3 defeat over President Trump.

The New Hampshire Union Leader, the most widely circulated newspaper in the state, endorsed Biden Sunday, the first time its editorial board has endorsed a Democrat in the paper’s more than 100-year history.

“We were hopeful with Trump’s win that he might change, that the weight and responsibility of the Oval Office might mold a more respectful and presidential man,” the editorial reads. “We have watched with the rest of the world as the mantle of the presidency has done very little to change Trump while the country and world have changed significantly.”

Citing the exploding national debt and Trump’s “ignorance” about the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the Union Leader countered Biden as “a caring, compassionate and professional public servant.”

“Joe Biden may not be the president we want, but in 2020 he is the president we desperately need," the editorial reads. "He will be a president to bring people together and right the ship of state.”

After more than a century of Republican endorsements, the Union Leader pulled for Libertarian Gary Johnson in the 2016 election. The editorial board endorsed Amy Klobuchar in the 2020 primary.

The 2020 general election has drawn other firsts from papers including the New England Journal of Medicine, USA Today, Scientific American and Puerto Rican paper El Nuevo Día.

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