One of Texas' largest news organizations has broken ranks and endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president with a scathing editorial eviscerating 'dodgy' Donald Trump.

Painting the Republican nominee as an unqualified presidential contender, the editorial board of The Houston Chronicle on Friday wrote they believe Trump is a 'danger to the Republic.'

Meanwhile, the board praised Clinton for her vast experience and lifelong dedication to public service.

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One of Texas' largest news organization, The Houston Chronicle, has broken ranks and endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for president with a scathing editorial eviscerating 'dodgy' Donald Trump

'Any one of Trump's less-than-sterling qualities - his erratic temperament, his dodgy business practices, his racism, his Putin-like strongman inclinations and faux-populist demagoguery, his contempt for the rule of law, his ignorance - is enough to be disqualifying,' The Chronicle wrote.

'His convention-speech comment, "I alone can fix it," should make every American shudder.

'He is, we believe, a danger to the Republic.'

The Chronicle also expressed that choosing Trump is to 'repudiate the most basic notions of competence and capability.'

When it comes to issues ranging from immigration reform, healthcare, foreign affairs and energy, the board said there is 'no comparison in terms of thoughtfulness, thoroughness and practicality.'

Painting the Republican nominee (left) as an unqualified presidential contender, the editorial board wrote they believe Trump is a 'danger to the Republic.' Meanwhile, it praised Clinton (right) for her vast experience

The board said Clinton as president will focus on a number of items including repairing the economy, addressing income inequality, and will work to create jobs and push for equal pay for women.

It also noted her temperament as one of her strengths.

'We could go on with issues, including her plans for sensible gun safety and for combatting (sic) terrorism - her policy positions are laid out in detail on her campaign web site - but issues in this election are almost secondary to questions of character and trustworthiness,' The Chronicle wrote.

'We reject the "cartoon version" of Hillary Clinton (again to borrow her husband's phrase) in favor of a presidential candidate who has the temperament, the ability and the experience to lead this nation.

'These are unsettling times, even if they're not the dark, dystopian end times that Trump lays out. They require a steady hand. That's not Donald Trump.'

The Chronicle wrote: 'These are unsettling times, even if they're not the dark, dystopian end times that Trump lays out. They require a steady hand. That's not Donald Trump'

The board said Clinton as president will focus on a number of items including repairing the economy, addressing income inequality, and will work to create jobs and push for equal pay for women

The board said the 'times' require someone who sees a hopeful future for the nation, 'a person who has faith in the strong, prosperous and confident America we hope to bequeath to our children and grandchildren,' adding 'that's not Donald Trump's America.'

The Chronicle noted Americans are familiar with the former first lady who has been in the public eye for more than 25 years, and that they know her strengths and weaknesses.

But the board added whether voters like Clinton, who became the first woman to lead a major presidential ticket last week, personally, is 'almost irrelevant' at this "moment of reckoning."'

The Chronicle wrote in conclusion: 'America's first female president would be in the Oval Office more than a century and a half after a determined group of women launched the women's suffrage movement, almost a century after women in this country won the right to vote.

'It's a milestone, to be sure. Few could have imagined it would be so consequential.'

The Chronicle noted its editorial page typically does not endorse this early in the election cycle, and instead waits until nominees' campaigns have played out.

But it wrote they made an exception in the 2016 presidential race because the choice between Clinton and Trump is 'not merely political. It is something much more basic than party preference.'

During the 2008 presidential race, The Chronicle endorsed Democratic nominee Barack Obama, breaking a 44-year-string of endorsing Republican candidates for president.

During the 2008 presidential race, The Chronicle endorsed Democratic nominee Barack Obama (left), breaking a 44-year-string of endorsing Republican candidates for president. It endorsed Mitt Romney (right) in 2012

In 2012, it endorsed Republican nominee Mitt Romney for president after 'Obama's deeds failed to match his words' particularly with promises to 'cut the national debt by half and bring the nation's unemployment rate to six per cent,' the board wrote at the time.

The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state of Texas was Jimmy Carter in 1976.

The Houston Chronicle was founded in 1901 and was acquired by Hearst in 1987, according to its website.