Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brendan Doherty
Clearly fulfills the first criterion of : "1.Politicians...who have held...sub-national (statewide/provincewide) office" e.g Head of the Rhode Island Police and Doherty also fills the second criterion "Major local political figures who have received significant press coverage". A major party nominee for congressional office qualifies and also was the Head of the Rhode Island State Police and was also the State of Rhode Island's Rhode Island Department of Public Safety|Commissioner of Public Safety, so is clearly both an important and influential politician in Rhode Island. The article should be kept as Brendan Doherty is a notable Rhode Island politician who is also the Republican nominee for the Rhode Island's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives elections, 2012. So aswell as being the Head of the Rhode Island Police, Commissioner of Public Safety for Rhode Island and the Republican Nominee for a congressional seat in Rhode Island I believe that this article should be allowed to stay on wikipedia due to notability
— User:Slytherining, 16:49, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLITICIAN (Wikipedia:Notability)