Deletion of Ken Hodges

Comment: The DA's office is not "inherently notable" under  #1 as it is not a "first-level sub-national political office". The DA in Dougherty County, Georgia or Albany, Georgia also does not meet #2 which refers to "major local political figures" in "major metropolitan cities". In my opinion, "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" in #3 refers to coverage of a broader scope that would take this beyond #NEWS and blogs
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:NOT)

Comment: as meeting inclusion criteria of  under . I look at the dozens upon dozens of in-depth significant articles about this man as found in multiple reliable sources and look to caveat #2 of : "''Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage''".  He neets caveat 2 as being local, major for the locale, and for having received significant press coverage... with a lot of it from outside his local.  Yes, the second sentence of caveat #2 gives Mayors and members of the main citywide government or council of a major metropolitan city as examples, but it does not state that those are the only local political figures receiving significant press coverage that might be considered. It easily could have, but I note that it specifically did not. The key words of caveat two are in its first sentence. The guideline of  has been met
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO||WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG)

Comment: I agree that the DA's office is not a "first level sub-national political office defined under, , but I am confused as to the rejection of the DA's office in Dougherty County, Georgia as  insignificant. The DA's office represented "95,693" citizens, certainly not a minuscule number, considering that most elected officials in the state legislature represent smaller populations.Dougherty County I would certainly cede the point if this elected official was a minor town official, but instead the subject represented numerous communities, with almost 100,000 citizens. Since Wikipedia offers guidelines on these issues, not strict policies, can we come to a consensus that the guidelines in  are meant to prevent small, localized politicians from creating pages, not to inhibit larger, metropolitan-area wide officials from having pages
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: per  and . Being a candidate for a notable office does not make one notable. Come election time, it's always interesting to see the SPAs battle over what content should be added and what should be removed: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ken_Hodges&action=historysubmit&diff=320805107&oldid=317096117
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: Also, I understand the premise laid out in  that being a candidate for a notable office does not by default make one notable, but it's evident that this case is ''not'' simply an unknown person trying to make a name for themselves by running for a high office, but rather the subject is an established politician who is already well known in his district, and has been the subject of extensive media reporting, as noted earlier. I honestly think we can come to consensus that this subject is admissible under Wikipedia's guidelines, since this article only serves to enhance, not detract, from the amount of useful knowledge on Wikipedia.  —Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)