O-Score proof
AP elections ticker: Democrat Zack Mullock elected to U.S. House in New Jersey's 2nd District (unofficial)
6O-Score6 · Lightly covered2 of 13 major U.S. outlets as of staged lock date 2026-11-05 (opened-article standard for non-AP). · 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: 6 (Lightly covered) · 2 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: 2 (1 with an outlet date we have not verified: AP; counted, flagged).
- 2 found → O-Score 6 (Lightly covered). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered ← this story | 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: Non-AP matches counted only when article body opened with on-topic coverage. AP counted from primary race-call/results URL. Headline-only RSS hits not counted; 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: Democrat Zack Mullock elected to U.S. House in New Jersey's 2nd District (AP ticker) (date_unverified, outlet date not verified; counted) | |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Found: 4-term Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew concedes to Democrat Zack Mullock in New Jersey House race (2026-11-04T17:34:11-05:00) | |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Zack Mullock New Jersey”, “NJ-2 Mullock”, “Mullock House”
Method
- manual-ap-primary-verify
- google-news
- bing-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.