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The result was snow keep. Per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Jovanmilic97 ( talk) 13:08, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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No indication of notability per WP:GNG or WP:POLITICIAN. References are standard local news coverage. ... discospinster _talk 19:31, 27 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Speedy keep. Per WP:NPOL "The following are presumed to be notable.... members or former members of a national, state or provincial legislature." As a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives the subject is automatically notable. -- Kbabej ( talk) 20:53, 27 January 2019 (UTC) reply

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Kbabej ( talk) 20:54, 27 January 2019 (UTC) reply

• Keep. Regardless of his notability as a politician, I would say the subject passes GNG. The LA Times, Seattle Times, and Yahoo Finance seem more than 'standard local news coverage'. Gilded Snail ( talk) 21:59, 27 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep. The "standard local news coverage" test applies to mayors and city councillors and other officeholders at the local level of political office, but that's not the level of significance in play here. This subject held a seat in a state legislature, which is an WP:NPOL #1 pass right on its face — at that level of office, we don't have any conditions as to how local or non-local the sources need to be, because the office is an inherently notable one at the state level of government. As long as we can properly verify that the person actually held the claimed role and isn't an outright hoax, state legislators are guaranteed Wikipedia articles — when it comes to politicians, the question of how non-local their sourcing needs to be only comes into play at the county and city council levels, and is not relevant to state legislators or congresspeople at all. Bearcat ( talk) 22:09, 27 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives - passed WP:NPOL -- Enos733 ( talk) 02:33, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Keep He was a State Representative and therefore meets WP:NPOL. Best, GPL93 ( talk) 02:40, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply
• Strong Keep being an elected official of a state is notable. Nominator must consider withdrawing this Loved150 ( talk) 10:59, 28 January 2019 (UTC) reply

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