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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 04:33, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NPOL, and per WP:POLOUTCOMES. Unsuccessful past congressional candidate who doesn't otherwise meet WP:GNG. Marquardtika (talk) 16:32, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:38, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:38, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:38, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being unsuccessful candidates for political office — if you cannot make and properly source a credible claim of preexisting notability for other reasons that would already have gotten him an article anyway, then he has to win the election, not just run in it, to become notable as a politician. And candidates do not get a WP:GNG pass that exempts them from WP:NPOL just because some campaign coverage exists, either, because some campaign coverage always exists for every candidate everywhere. But the volume of campaign coverage shown here is not large enough to deem him a special case over and above most other 2012 congressional candidates. Bearcat (talk) 16:07, 24 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - notability aside, WP:TNT applies here. This reads more like a puff piece than an encyclopedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Accesscrawl (talk • contribs) 13:37, 25 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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