Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell didn't get too much national media coverage before upsetting the Republican establishment and winning the Delaware primary in September. The nonpartisan organization looked back at all election stories from the beginning of the year through Oct. 31 and tallied those in which the 2010 candidate was the lead newsmaker, featured in more than half the story. 2 - Rank of Christine O’Donnell among 2010 election newsmakers 
 
 With the U.S. economy and the role of government emerging as crucial issues in the midterm elections, it’s not surprising that President Obama has been the top newsmaker in the 2010 election coverage to date. Kentucky GOP senate candidate Rand Paul ranked 4th (at 88 stories) and Nevada Republican Sharron Angle, who has mounted a very stiff challenge to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, ranked 6th (at 80 stories). New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino threatened to "take out" a New York Post reporter; Paladino tied for eighth place among candidates, at 52 stories. According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, Obama and his administration led in 343 election stories from January 1-October 31, 2010.
– When it comes to the most covered candidates of the midterm elections, is it any surprise that Tea Partiers claim five of the top 10 slots? The Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism analyzed the election stories produced by 52 TV networks, websites, radio stations, and newspapers since Jan. 1 and added up those in which a candidate was featured in more than 50% of the story. Its results: Christine O’Donnell: the lead newsmaker in 160 stories Meg Whitman: 90 stories Rand Paul: 88 stories Joe Sestak: 85 stories Sharron Angle: 80 stories Harry Reid: 74 stories Charlie Crist: 67 stories Carl Paladino, Blanche Lincoln: 52 stories each Jerry Brown: 49 stories Joe Miller: 47 stories See the chart here, or check Yahoo! News for more.