Deletion of Loren Culp

Comment: to 2020 Washington gubernatorial election, as a usual and appropriate outcome for political candidates (see . Article can be restored after the election if the Republic, Washington|City of Republic sheriff wins and any relevant prose can be added to the election page
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Deletion policy (WP:POLOUTCOMES)

Comment: per nom. Most coverage is election-focused and subject does not appear to meet .&nbsp;—&nbsp
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: meets GNG per the comment above.  does not apply here since Culp received national media coverage for his position on Washington Initiative 1639|Initiative 1639 before he even ran for governor. A redirect would not be appropriate, as it would make just as much sense to redirect this article to Washington Initiative 1639 as it would to 2020 Washington gubernatorial election
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)

Comment: meets .   explicitly mentions GNG as an avenue for a political candidate to be notable: {{tq|Just being an elected local official, or an unelected ''candidate'' for political office, does not guarantee notability, '''although such people can still be notable if they meet the general notability guideline'''.}} (my bold)  Culp has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, and therefore meets GNG.  This includes national coverage prior to his candidacy, so there is no issue with .  Evidence that Culp meets GNG
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:NPOL||WP:BLP1E)

Comment: without prejudice against recreation of a redirect. As always, people do not get articles just for standing as candidates in elections — the notability test at  is ''holding'' a notable office, not just running for one — but this features neither credible evidence that he has preexisting notability for reasons independent of the candidacy, nor the depth and geographic range of sources needed to make his candidacy more special than everybody else's candidacies. Being Canadian and not particularly knowledgeable about Washington state politics, I have no special insight into whether he's "likely" to win or not — obviously he'll be recreatable ''if'' he ''does'' win, since his notability claim will have changed from "candidate" to "officeholder", but he won't be entitled to an article if he loses and isn't entitled to one just because the election isn't over yet either
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NPOL)

Comment: to 2020 Washington gubernatorial election, unremarkable political candidate, fails  and there is no evidence of an exceptional level of coverage
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)