[Phantom Lord]

So the paper endorsed her based on her party affliation with the party in power. Not much of an endorsement. Logic would say that Mary would have got the endorsement if the dems took over the Senate.

[Neville72]

Here's the full text of the News-Star's endorsement.

www.thenewsstar.com/news/editorial

[no dems]

True. But, it's better than not being endorsed or them endorsing Mary. Let's be realistic though. How influential are newspaper endorsements today? We have a gazillion news sources on cable T.V. and on the internet. Newspaper subscriptions are down dramatically and the daily newspaper will one day be a thing of the past. Besides that; anyone who reads the Editorial Page of a newspaper is politically saavy and have already made up their mind. Any newspaper endorsement today is probably worth .001% of the vote.

[Theodore R.]

Actually, the Monroe News-Star is much more conservative than the Shreveport Times though they are under the same newspaper umbrella, I believe. The News-Star endorsed Terrell even BEFORE the Nov. 5 senatorial primary.