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The result was delete. Tone 18:09, 28 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Watkins (politician) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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Fails WP:NPOLITICIAN, doesn't appear to have ever held elective office. P-K3 (talk) 17:58, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Unsuccessful runs for election do not make someone notable. Mccapra (talk) 18:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete we have long held that defeated candidates for the US house of representatives are not notable for such.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:24, 22 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. As always, people do not get Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates in elections they did not win — the notability test for politicians is holding a notable political office, not just running for one — but this features neither any credible evidence that he has preexisting notability for other reasons besides being a candidate, nor the range and depth of coverage it would take to make his candidacy more special than everybody else's candidacies. Just because a candidate has some campaign coverage in the local media, where every candidate is simply expected to have campaign coverage because that's the local media's job, does not automatically hand every candidate a GNG-based exemption from having to pass any SNGs — a candidate's coverage needs to nationalize, in some way that would get him over the ten year test for enduring significance, before the existence of campaign coverage is enough to get him a Wikipedia article just for being a candidate. Bearcat (talk) 17:30, 23 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Unelected candidates usually don't get articles. Watkins is no exception. Lefcentreright ^{Talk | Contribs | Global} 17:06, 24 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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