Article share counts each article/series appearance once. Subject, significant and passing are retained mention labels.
Candidate
Party
Article Share
Polling %
Gap
Articles
Subject
Significant
Passing
Raw Mentions
Media Word Associations
Words used to describe each candidate in articles. Click a candidate to filter.
Top word associations
Mentions Over Time
Paul Mitchell's CA Media Monitor
This free tool tracks collected media coverage across California's 2026 elections. Choose a contest above to explore article counts, source outlets and word associations.
I'm Paul Mitchell, Vice President of Political Data Inc. I built this because I was curious about the media dynamics of this race and figured others might enjoy following along. It's a fun project, not a professional media monitoring service — if you need that, there are great firms that will happily charge you for it.
Caveats
The data comes from public sources and is provided as-is. Some outlets are behind paywalls we can't get past. Coverage counts depend on the articles and text available. Word clouds are AI-generated and filtered for noise, but they're directional, not gospel. Use it to spot trends and have interesting conversations, not to make million-dollar campaign decisions.
