Deletion of Howard Watts III

Comment: As always, as yet unelected candidates in future elections do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates per se — if you cannot demonstrate and properly source that he was ''already'' notable enough for an article for some other reason ''before'' becoming a candidate, then he has to ''win'' the election, not just run in it, to become notable as a politician. Nothing here establishes preexisting notability, however — winning a youth activism award is nice for him, but not grounds for a Wikipedia article in and of itself — and since ''every'' candidate in ''any'' election ''always'' generates coverage in the local media where that election is taking place, just showing a couple of pieces of local campaign coverage does ''not'' hand a candidate a  pass in and of itself. No prejudice against recreation on or after election day if he wins, but nothing here already gets him an article today
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: an activist who runs for the legislature is not sufficiently notable to qualify for an article.  A shot at persuading me (and perhaps other editors) would require multiple  covering his notable activism (or some other notable achievement), preferably including two or three profiles or long, profile-style interviews with him.  the sole pre-campaign cited source ("Local Hero". Las Vegas CityLife. December 20, 2012.) might count, we would need a link.  It would not suffice.  Wikimcaffee, we're not picking on your boy in particular, we have rules like this for good reasons
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)