Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim F. Barksdale
People do not get Wikipedia articles just for being candidates in elections they did not win; the notability test at  is ''holding'' office, not just running for it. But this is referenced mainly to |primary sources that are not support for notability at all, and the few genuinely |reliable sources do not add up to enough coverage to make him markedly more notable than most other unsuccessful candidates
— User:Bearcat, 17:03, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:NPOL||WP:PRIMARYSOURCES||WP:RS (Wikipedia:Notability)