Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Cartwright (Pennsylvania politician)
Meets  with significant coverage in reliable sources. Criterion #2 of  supports Cartwright's notability. Defeating a 20-year incumbent and being a major party nominee in a Congressional election qualifies him as a "major local political figure." Regardless, criterion #3 says, failing that, "such people can still be notable if they meet the primary notability criterion." See http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/us/politics/2-house-democrats-defeated-after-opposing-health-law.html?_r=2 New York Times, http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/cartwright-says-he-s-the-real-democrat-not-holden-1.1262193 Times-Tribune, http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/house-races/206409-holden-gets-primary-challenge-in-pa The Hill, http://articles.mcall.com/2012-04-19/news/mc-pa-17-election-preview-20120419_1_tim-holden-republican-laureen-cummings-scott-paterno Morning Call, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57420970/holden-longtime-pa-incumbent-ousted-in-primary/ CBS News, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/25/matt-cartwright-tim-holden-pennsylvania-primary_n_1452508.html Huff Po, http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/elections/index.ssf/2012/04/matt_cartwright_defeats_tim_ho.html Express-Times, http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2012/04/holden-loses-re.php National Journal or the majority of the news articles https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Matt+Cartwright+%28Pennsylvania+politician%29%22&tbm=nws&tbs=ar:1#hl=en&tbs=ar:1&tbm=nws&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22Matt+Cartwright%22&oq=%22Matt+Cartwright%22&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_l=serp.3..0.9694.9694.1.11924.1.1.0.0.0.0.66.66.1.1.0...0.0.x-J-JJRAKwg&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=6d2755b508e97486&biw=1366&bih=614 in this search, which demonstrate that Cartwright has been the subject of multiple published secondary sources. Roll Call also says he has http://www.rollcall.com/issues/57_122/Tim-Holden-Redistricting-Makes-Blue-Dog-an-Underdog-213827-1.html?pos=hln been a regular face on TV for years with his "The Law and You" segment airing five nights a week on the NBC affiliate WBRE-TV
— User:Gobonobo, 13:52, 9 June 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)