O-Score proof
AP called: Republican Amanda McKinney elected to U.S. House in Washington’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 Amanda McKinney elected to U.S. House in Washington’s 4th District. (date_unverified, outlet date not verified; counted) | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:apnews.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:apnews.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:apnews.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:apnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:apnews.com" |
| Reuters reuters.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:reuters.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:reuters.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:reuters.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:reuters.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:reuters.com" |
| The New York Times nytimes.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:nytimes.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:nytimes.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:nytimes.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:nytimes.com" |
| The Washington Post washingtonpost.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:washingtonpost.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:washingtonpost.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:washingtonpost.com" |
| The Wall Street Journal wsj.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:wsj.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:wsj.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:wsj.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:wsj.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:wsj.com" |
| CNN cnn.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:cnn.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:cnn.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:cnn.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:cnn.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:cnn.com" |
| Fox News foxnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:foxnews.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:foxnews.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:foxnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:foxnews.com" |
| NBC News nbcnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:nbcnews.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:nbcnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:nbcnews.com" |
| CBS News cbsnews.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:cbsnews.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:cbsnews.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:cbsnews.com" |
| ABC News abcnews.go.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:abcnews.go.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:abcnews.go.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:abcnews.go.com" |
| NPR npr.org | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:npr.org" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:npr.org" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:npr.org" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:npr.org" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:npr.org" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:npr.org" |
| USA Today usatoday.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:usatoday.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:usatoday.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:usatoday.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:usatoday.com" |
| Bloomberg bloomberg.com | Not found | google-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney Washington 4 site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "WA-4 McKinney site:bloomberg.com" google-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:bloomberg.com" bing-news: "Amanda McKinney House site:bloomberg.com" |
Pickups
We published: Nov 5, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Search terms
“Amanda McKinney Washington 4”, “WA-4 McKinney”, “Amanda McKinney 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.