Deletion of James Thompson (Kansas politician)

Comment: Many of the details in the article can be incorporated into the article about the special election, and the history could be preserved if the subject wins election to a notable office. The community consensus is that candidates for elected office do not possess inherent notability even if the campaign is notable (see 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)

Comment: Fails , all coverage relates to his failed run for office
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: WP:NPOL is not an absolute ban on articles about not-elected politicians. It's a guideline that advises us that candidates for office are not ''guaranteed'' to be notable, but that "such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion of 'significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article'". There is significant coverage of Thompson in reliable sources https://thinkprogress.org/thompson-kansas-election-b57a97493db6/http://prospect.org/article/democrat-tries-pull-kansas-miraclehttp://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article144222089.htmlhttp://fortune.com/2017/02/12/jim-thompson-us-house-nominee/http://kmuw.org/post/meet-4th-congressional-candidates-james-thompsonhttps://www.thenation.com/article/a-berniecrat-takes-on-trump-and-the-koch-brothers-in-kansas/https://trofire.com/2017/04/11/kansas-james-thompson-showing-democratic-party-win-without-help/http://cjonline.com/news/state-government/2017-02-11/kansas-democrats-elect-civil-rights-lawyer-james-thompson-nominee, ergo he passes the . &ndash;&#8239
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)