Story highlights The Dallas Morning News has endorsed every Republican presidential candidate since 1968

But the editorial board wrote Trump is at odds with almost every GOP ideal the newspaper 'held dear'

Washington (CNN) After saying it would not endorse Donald Trump in this year's election, the Dallas Morning News editorial board went one step further on Wednesday, backing the Democratic presidential nominee for the first time in more than 75 years.

"We don't come to this decision easily," the editorial board wrote, noting that it's been critical of Hillary Clinton's "handling of certain issues in the past."

"But unlike Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton has experience in actual governance, a record of service and a willingness to delve into real policy," the editorial continued.

The newspaper's formal endorsement of the former secretary of state comes a day after it published an editorial saying it would not back Trump in 2016, ending a streak of endorsing every Republican presidential nominee since 1968.

In an editorial published Tuesday titled "Donald Trump is no Republican," the paper's editors rebuked the GOP hopeful, advising Texas voters that Trump is "not qualified to serve as president and does not deserve your vote."

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