Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jo Rae Perkins
per , without prejudice against recreation in the future if circumstances change. As always, candidates are not automatically entitled to keep Wikipedia articles just for standing as candidates — and the test that makes one particular candidate more special than other candidates is not just the ability to show that extralocal coverage has ''started'' to exist, it is that the extralocal coverage has ''exploded'' to the point that she already passes the |ten year test for ''enduring'' significance.Basically, the way to demonstrate that a candidate is a special case who deserves an article just for being a candidate is to perform the following thought experiment: assume that she loses the election, and then dies the very next day so that she never has any chance to accomplish anything more notable than running for office and losing. Then ask yourself the question, "given those assumptions, has her candidacy ''already'' made her ''so'' highly famous that she will ''still'' be a household name in ''2030''?" If you can't convincingly answer "yes" to that question, then what you have is not a candidate who has become permanently notable, but a temporarily newsy 
— User:Bearcat, 15:11, 24 May 2020 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NOTNEWS||WP:10YT||WP:BLP1E (Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not)