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KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst)News report · Nov 9, 12:14 AM
Coin flip settles a tie in a northern Kentucky election
A Kentucky election for magistrate ended in a 91-91 tie — then officials settled it with a coin flip.
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Coin flip settles a tie in a northern Kentucky election
KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) and WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) describe the same event in different terms.
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As of November 9, 2026 at 12:14 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened A Kentucky election for magistrate ended in a 91-91 tie — then officials settled it with a coin flip.
The headline split KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) frames it as "Coin flip settles a tie in a northern Kentucky election". WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) frames it as "Heads or tails? Coin flip decides Kentucky election after race ends in a tie".
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WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst)News report · Nov 8, 11:12 PM
Heads or tails? Coin flip decides Kentucky election after race ends in a tie
A northern Kentucky election took an unusual turn after two candidates finished with the exact same number of votes.
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Score hidden until the match is cleanerLow confidence2 sources · 1 bias bucketsDeveloping · 14 sources · 1 bucketFormats: News report
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Nov 8, 11:12 PM: WLWT Cincinnati (Hearst) joined the source map.
Nov 9, 12:14 AM: KCRA3 Sacramento (Hearst) joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 14 sources · 1 bucket.