O-Score proof
Unofficial Huntington Beach council fourth seat: Davis 27,354, Spivey 27,304
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets matched this exact story in grouped WebSearch topic + site-batch this audit (provisional; not exhaustive; not 13 independent searches). · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 6, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (2 events, ET)
- Published
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: Grouped WebSearch topic + site-batch across 13 majors found no exact dedicated package on the Davis–Spivey 50-vote fourth-seat count; LA Times Daily Pilot / Voice of OC local coverage noted outside the scored 13-major match set for this lock.
Checked Nov 6, 2026, 12:43 PM ET
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Not found | Huntington Beach council fourth seat site:apnews.com OR reuters.com OR nytimes.com ... |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | Huntington Beach council fourth seat site:apnews.com OR reuters.com OR nytimes.com ... |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | Huntington Beach council fourth seat site:apnews.com OR reuters.com OR nytimes.com ... |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026 |
Related coverage, not counted
CBS: ().
Reuters/WaPo/NBC: ().
Pickups
We published: Nov 6, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2026, 12:43 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Huntington Beach Davis Spivey 27354 OR 50 votes November 2026”, “Huntington Beach council fourth seat site:apnews.com OR reuters.com OR nytimes.com ...”
Method
- websearch-topic
- websearch-site-batch
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.