Deletion of Patrick Murray (politician) (3rd nomination)

Comment: Jim, you've made it clear in the past that you feel  should be changed, to make all major-party candidates in the United States (Center of the Universe™) inherently notable; but that isn't the case right now. The coverage provided has not been about Patrick Murray in his own right, it has been about the candidate in that election, regardless of whether he would otherwise be notable. He's just another non-notable former military officer and failed candidate; had he not run for office, nobody would ever have heard of him. As the Penguin says, anything useful could go in the election article. As a failed major-party candidate against an incumbent, and one who got some amusing coverage when he ran, I can see the loser's point of view; but right now, our rules are clear
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (:WP:POLITICIAN)

Comment: to Virginia's 8th congressional district election, 2010. The sources don't meet the GNG in my view. It's limited campaign coverage. Typical of campaign coverage, the indepedent sources tell us a lot about what he says but little about who he is. Clearly fails to meet  and the  argument is well made
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:BLP1E)

Comment: The sources provide sufficient information to write a reasonable biography, and we follow the sources. If there was this much coverage about a milkman delivering milk, he would be notable based upon sourcing alone. The bias against losing politicians is turning WP into an incumbent's paradise. Per , if we have the sources, we should have the article. Anything else is an attempt to insert a value judgment into the inclusion criteria which is outside of policy and principle, or an attempt to bury significant coverage of an individual as "routine" because we have regularly scheduled elections in a democracy. Are we to have another AfD every 90 days until those who seek deletion get the result they want
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: to the Virginia's 8th congressional district election, 2010 article.  The only source that talks about the subject outside of the election that I can find is the candidate's own website, which is not useable for establishing notability.  Therefore, as a consequence of , the biographical article should be merged with the singular event to which it is connected
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)