Deletion of Tom Stevens (politician)

Comment: to Objectivist Party - the few actual newspaper articles that mention him do so because he is one of many ''barely known'' candidates (who've stumped up $500) for ''barely known'' parties. There is some tittle-tattle on various blogs, but generally Stevens is only mentioned in routine political news coverage. Fails 
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: to Objectivist Party per Sionk. Coverage seems to be either significant but in unreliable sources, or from reliable sources but |routine.  would suggest keeping, but  and  hold more weight. &ndash;&nbsp
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES||WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN||WP:routine)

Comment: per : "Leaders of registered political parties at the national or sub-national (state, province, prefecture, etc.) level are usually considered notable regardless of that party's degree of electoral success." Stevens is founder & chairman of such a party. He has also attained ballot status as a presidential candidate in two elections. In recent years, a de facto consensus seems to have emerged that receiving the presidential nomination of a notable party and attaining ballot status denotes notability
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES)

Comment: Clearly fails .Special:Contributions/71.198.123.72|71.198.123.72
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)