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The result was delete. Sandstein 12:58, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
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Non-notable lawyer and political candidate. Pam D 08:25, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Pam D 08:25, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. SharʿabSalam▼ ( talk) 08:56, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Delete Fails WP:NPOL, not enough significant coverage outside of his campaign to establish WP:GNG Best, GPL93 ( talk) 18:42, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Delete. Fails WP:NPOL & WP:POLITICIAN. Petsonki is a candidate. If he wins, he will be notable. Lefcentreright Talk (plz ping) 19:34, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
- Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for running as candidates in upcoming political party primaries — the notability test at WP:NPOL is holding a notable political office, not just running for one. But nothing else here demonstrates that he has any preexisting notability for other reasons besides the candidacy, and the article is not referenced even remotely close to well enough to claim that he could be deemed a special case of greater notability than other candidates. Bearcat ( talk) 02:20, 18 January 2020 (UTC)
- Weak keep - there's some evidence that he's known as an expert in education, economic development and bankruptcy/ black lung law. Whether those sources are considered significant coverage is debatable, but they need to be considered before deletion. Bearian ( talk) 21:02, 22 January 2020 (UTC)
- Delete unelected candidates for public office are not notable for such, and other coverage is not enough to show notability. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 14:44, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
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