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BREAKING / TIME-SENSITIVE / UNOFFICIAL: Elm Springs, Ark., mayor — Roberta Peters 567; Ira Coker and Mark Farmer tied at 345 for second; Washington County Election Commission meeting Friday to draw lots for the Dec. 1 runoff seat, KNWA and Arkansas Online show

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10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of publish · 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 5, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.

Status history (3 events, ET)
  1. Published as breaking news
  2. O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
  3. Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)

The math

  1. Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
  2. Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
  3. 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
ScoreMeaningMajor U.S. outlets that covered it
10Fully overlooked ← this story0 of 13 outlets
8Barely covered1 outlet
6, 5Lightly covered2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5)
4, 3Covered4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3)
2, 1, 0Widely covered6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0)

Provisional: Headline search only (Google News and Bing News, query variants per outlet, all 13 outlets searched). Aggregator hits opened by title and judged unrelated; may change on recheck.

Checked Nov 5, 2026, 10:23 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.

Every outlet

OutletResultSearches run
AP
apnews.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:apnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:apnews.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:apnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:apnews.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:apnews.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:apnews.com"
Reuters
reuters.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:reuters.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:reuters.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:reuters.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:reuters.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:reuters.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:reuters.com"
The New York Times
nytimes.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:nytimes.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:nytimes.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:nytimes.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:nytimes.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:nytimes.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:nytimes.com"
The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:washingtonpost.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:washingtonpost.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:washingtonpost.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:washingtonpost.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:washingtonpost.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:washingtonpost.com"
The Wall Street Journal
wsj.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:wsj.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:wsj.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:wsj.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:wsj.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:wsj.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:wsj.com"
CNN
cnn.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:cnn.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:cnn.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:cnn.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:cnn.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:cnn.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:cnn.com"
Fox News
foxnews.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:foxnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:foxnews.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:foxnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:foxnews.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:foxnews.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:foxnews.com"
NBC News
nbcnews.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:nbcnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:nbcnews.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:nbcnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:nbcnews.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:nbcnews.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:nbcnews.com"
CBS News
cbsnews.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:cbsnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:cbsnews.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:cbsnews.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:cbsnews.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:cbsnews.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:cbsnews.com"
1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
  • Tina Peters Colorado election interference story — unrelated name collision
ABC News
abcnews.go.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:abcnews.go.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:abcnews.go.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:abcnews.go.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:abcnews.go.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:abcnews.go.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:abcnews.go.com"
NPR
npr.org
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:npr.org"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:npr.org"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:npr.org"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:npr.org"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:npr.org"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:npr.org"
USA Today
usatoday.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:usatoday.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:usatoday.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:usatoday.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:usatoday.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:usatoday.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:usatoday.com"
1 search hit(s) read and rejected as not about this story
  • Palm Springs city CEO story — unrelated
Bloomberg
bloomberg.com
Not foundgoogle-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:bloomberg.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer site:bloomberg.com"
google-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:bloomberg.com"
bing-news: "Elm Springs 345 runoff lots site:bloomberg.com"
google-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:bloomberg.com"
bing-news: "Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs site:bloomberg.com"

Pickups

We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).

No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.

Search terms

“Elm Springs mayor Peters Coker Farmer”, “Elm Springs 345 runoff lots”, “Washington County Election Commission Elm Springs”

Method

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.