Deletion of Jim McKenna

Comment: You're quite correct that notability doesn't go away, but that presupposes the subject's notable in the first place.  gives no pass to failed candidates, and getting 37% of the vote against an embattled candidate is an old-fashioned asswhupping.  What is the source, by the bye, for your assertion that this is a Massachusetts OR a United States record for write-in votes?  It is neither; go take a peek at the Write-in candidate article, for instance, which has numerous candidates passing that bar in Massachusetts.  Dwight Eisenhower, for instance, won the Massachusetts Republican primary in 1952 with a ''quarter-million'' write-in votes. (And FYI, no one will stop you from filing an AfD against any other failed candidate you believe is not notable
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: WP:POLITICIAN has no prohibition against candidtes who do not win a general election. As a state-wide major party nominee, there is significant, in-depth coveragehttp://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/massachusetts_attorney_general_5.html as required by the . The write-in campaign result was notable, and garnered coverage beyond the local level
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)