The Mercury News (formerly the San Jose Mercury News) is a daily newspaper serving the area of San Jose, CA. It has a circulation of around 527,500.
1980
–Endorsed John Anderson (I) for President (lost general election)
1996
–Endorsed Bill Clinton (D) for President (won)
2004
–Endorsed John Kerry (D) for President (lost general election)
2008
–Endorsed Barack Obama (D) for President (won)
2010
–Endorsed Jerry Brown (D) for Governor of California (won)
2012
–Endorsed Barack Obama (D) for President (won)
2014
–Endorsed Ro Khanna (D) for Representative of California, 17th District (lost general election)
2016
–Endorsed Hillary Clinton (D) for President (lost general election)
2018
–Endorsed Gavin Newsom (D) for Governor of California (won)
–Endorsed Jeff Bleich (D) for Lieutenant Governor of California (lost primary)
–Endorsed Eleni Kounalakis (D) for Lieutenant Governor of California (won)
–Endorsed Dave Jones (D) for Attorney General of California (lost primary)
–Endorsed Betty Yee (D) for Controller of California (won)
–Endorsed Vivek Viswanathan (D) for Treasurer of California (lost primary)
–Endorsed Steve Poizner (NPP) for Insurance Commissioner of California (lost general election)
–Endorsed Marshall Tuck (D) for Superintendent of Public Instruction of California (lost general election)
–Endorsed Dianne Feinstein (D) for Senator of California (won)
2020
–Endorsed Amy Klobuchar (D) for President (lost primary)
–Endorsed Joe Biden (D) for President (won)
2022
–Endorsed Steve Glazer (D) for Controller of California (lost primary)
–Endorsed Lanhee Chen (R) for Controller of California (lost general election)
–Endorsed Marc Levine (D) for Insurance Commissioner of California (lost primary)
–Endorsed Josh Harder (D) for Representative of California, 9th District (won)
2024
–Endorsed Lateefah Simon (D) for Representative of California, 12th District (won)
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