O-Score proof
AP called: Republican Mike Kennedy elected to U.S. House in Utah’s 4th District (unofficial)
8O-Score8 · Barely covered1 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: 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 with an outlet date we have not verified: AP; counted, flagged).
- 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: Non-AP outlets not body-checked this pass; AP primary from pack screenshot/ticker only. No district-page dated call stamp in pack.
Checked Nov 5, 2026, 10:13 PM ET · search window: 30 days back from the check.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP apnews.com | Found: Republican Mike Kennedy elected to U.S. House in Utah’s 4th District. (date_unverified, outlet date not verified; counted) | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:apnews.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:apnews.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:apnews.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:reuters.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:reuters.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:reuters.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:nytimes.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:wsj.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:wsj.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:wsj.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:cnn.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:cnn.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:cnn.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:foxnews.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:npr.org" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:npr.org" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:npr.org" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:npr.org" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:npr.org" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:usatoday.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy Utah 4 site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "UT-4 Kennedy site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Mike Kennedy House site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Mike Kennedy Utah 4”, “UT-4 Kennedy”, “Mike Kennedy House”
Method
- manual-ap-primary-verify
- pack-screenshot
- 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.