Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dale Manzo
The fact that some local campaign coverage exists is not an automatic  pass for unelected candidates that exempts them from having to pass  — covering local politics is local media's ''job'', so some coverage of ''every'' election campaign ''always'' exists, and ''no'' candidate for ''anything'' would ''ever'' fail GNG if that were how it worked. As of right now, the tests he would have to pass are that either (a) he can be shown to already have preexisting notability for other reasons that would have gotten him an article ''regardless'' of being a candidate for anything, or (b) he can be shown as the subject of so much ''more'' coverage than most other declared candidates in election primaries ''also'' get that he'd have a credible claim to being ''special''. But this article, as written, is demonstrating neither of those things at all. If he ''wins'' the Secretary of State election in 2020 (and I mean the general election, not just the primary), then he'll qualify for an article at that time since he'll be an actual statewide officeholder — but simply being a ''candidate'' is not in and of itself enough as of today. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free public relations platform for unelected political candidates
— User:Bearcat, 18:36, 1 January 2019 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:NPOL (Wikipedia:Notability)