Politics / Christine O'Donnell The Most Covered Candidates of 2010 Guess who's No. 1? By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff Posted Nov 2, 2010 3:05 PM CDT Copied Delaware Republican US Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell waves from inside a vehicle after voting, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Rob Carr) 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. (More Christine O'Donnell stories.) Report an error