Deletion of Heidi Cruz

Comment: I don't believe this nomination complied with .  Yes, notability is not inherited.  A relative of a very notable person has to measure up to , or one of the specialty notability guidelines, all by themselves.  Some of the existing references are about Heidi, and only peripherally mention her husband.  So, she measures up to GNG
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE||WP:GNG)

Comment: As per .  Note that the spouses of ALL major Presidentail candidates have pages.  (Even spouses of former candidates: Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio)  And the reason is that they draw sufficient in-depth press coverage to pass .  This applies even to non-entities like Todd Palin, and once that level of notability s achieved,  applies
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Snowball clause (WP:SNOWBALL||WP:GNG||WP:NOTTEMPORARY)

Comment: There's extensive coverage about ''her'', sufficient to pass GNG and any relevant guidance from , warranting a separate article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:INHERIT)

Comment: She easily meets , especially as her life and background come under scrutiny and she has been personally attacked by a leading presidential candidate.  —&nbsp;Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by Special:Contributions/129.170.117.210|129.170.117.210
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: She easily meets . There is a lot of coverage of her in multiple, independent reliable sources.  While a bunch of it is about her connections to her husband and his political career, there's a whole bunch more that is not. She's held multiple positions in government, independent of her husband, and that work has been sufficiently covered in secondary sources to meet Wikipedia's rules defining notability
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: If you notice  is an essay not a policy. In  it states "Individuals in close, personal relationships with famous people (including politicians) can have an independent article even if they are known solely for such a relationship, but only if they pass ." Well she does have significant coverage from reliable sources, a lot of them are because of Ted Cruz's presidential run but if you notice a lot of those articles are about her, who she is and what she said or did not just trivial mentions. I do think there is a lot of puff that needs to removed because of . In addition to her previous work as a top deputy U.S. Trade Rep and director for the Western Hemisphere on the National Security Council makes her also notable. If perhaps Ted Cruz was not running for President, those two roles she had would not warrant an article of her own but because of the combined extensive coverage about her and previous positions I believe she meets 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:INHERIT||WP:INHERIT||WP:UNDUE||WP:GNG)