Deletion of Dean Willard

Comment: None of these meets , clearly; and as far as I can tell none meets .  Although they've been mentioned in local newspaper articles about their candidacies, that cannot amount to "Significant coverage" of a politician, or else every pretty much every city council and board of education candidate in America would be encyclopedically notable
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:GNG)

Comment: Fails  notability criteria.  Notability does not arise from being a candidate for political office and his "behind the scenes" work is not enough for notability either as a politian or under the requirements of 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN||WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: According to the article, he's a major political person in the Seattle area.  For example, "he's a district committeeman ... and the chairman of the King County Democrats endorsements committee."  Also, "Willard worked behind the scenes on several campaigns including Joe Mallahan's recent Seattle mayoral campaign..... Willard was a legislative assistant."  Individually, these are not great accomplishments, but it at least appears that he's a behind-the-scenes politico and the citations appear to show he's got some political power in Seattle. I think he |barely meets the standards. King County, Washington is the jursidiction over Seattle
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BARE)

Comment: Dean Willard as he appears to be a serious politico already, but '''delete''' the two other candidates as not meeting 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:POLITICIAN)