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WP:BLP, written as usual like a campaign brochure, of a person notable primarily as a not yet elected candidate in a future election. As always, this is not grounds for a Wikipedia article in and of itself -- if you cannot demonstrate and properly source that a person was already notable enough for an article for some other reason independent of his candidacy itself, then he has to win the election, not just run in it, to become notable as a politician. But this makes no claim of preexisting notability, and is referenced to just two pieces of
WP:ROUTINE local media coverage and his own self-published campaign website -- which is a depth and volume of sourceability that every candidate in every election everywhere could always show, so it's not enough to claim that he passes
WP:GNG in lieu of failing
WP:NPOL. No prejudice against recreation in November if he wins the seat, but nothing stated or sourced here has already earned him a Wikipedia article today.
Bearcat (
talk) 21:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete I removed the campaign brochure aspects of the article (the policy positions that reference his campaign website), making this less of a promo issue and more of a straightforward
WP:TOOSOON case. Personally, I think he'll win, but he's not really notable unless he does.
ElassintHi 00:42, 19 April 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete one of four serious contenders in this primary for an open seat, no previous notability that I can see. However, I believe that we need to give serious consideration to changing our guidelines to permit keeping articles on major contenders for open congressional seats.
E.M.Gregory (
talk) 16:00, 19 April 2018 (UTC)reply
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