O-Score proof
AP: Iowa Democrat Eric Armstrong elected to state House District 20 after suspending campaign (unofficial)
8O-Score8 · Barely covered1 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of staged lock date 2026-11-05. · 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)
- Published as breaking news
- O-Score check: 8 (Barely covered) · 1 of 13 outlets counted
- Breaking period ends (24 hours) (scheduled)
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 1.
- 1 found → O-Score 8 (Barely covered). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered ← this story | 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: AP primary = pack browser snapshot only (live AP 403). Other outlets searched via Google News; no opened confirming article for HD-20 Armstrong this pass; primary race facts from archived AP snapshots (not a fresh live AP reopen).
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 9:07 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Found: Iowa Democrat wins state House race despite suspending campaign in September (2026-11-05) | |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news 1-variant |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Eric Armstrong Iowa House”, “Armstrong District 20 Iowa”, “Iowa Democrat Armstrong elected”
Method
- manual-ap-primary-verify
- google-news
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.