Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Edward James
Stipulating  "being a candidate is not notable," I do think James passes the further "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject of the article" test simply because his background made him a candidate worthy of media attention in places like http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-score/2017/06/02/virginia-democrats-fight-for-african-american-vote-ahead-of-primary-220627 Politico and http://www.blackenterprise.com/business/be-100s-executive-michigans-next-republican-senator/ Black Enterprise in addition to other coverage linked above. A relatively young African-American West Point grad Army vet and businessman running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate is unusual enough that it attracted media notice, hence notability. (Also agree that the page needs serious work to fix quality issues if it's kept
— User:Jmozena, 16:28, 7 September 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)