LA Times Owner Stands by Decision to Not Endorse Presidential Candidate After 3rd Resignation

The newspaper endorsed candidates in 25 other races, including for the U.S. House and Senate, the state legislature, district attorney, and others.

The Los Angeles Times name remains visible on the former L.A. Times downtown building after L.A. Times Guild members rallied outside City Hall against "significant" imminent layoffs at the newspaper in Los Angeles on Jan. 19, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong stood firm on Oct. 25 in his decision not to have the paper endorse a presidential election candidate, saying he has “no regrets whatsoever” about the move, despite the resignations of now three members of the paper’s editorial board.

“In fact, I think it was exactly the right decision,” Soon-Shiong told The L.A. Times in an Oct. 25 interview. “The process was [to decide] how do we actually best inform our readers? And there could be nobody better than us who try to sift the facts from fiction” and let readers make their own decisions.