Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Nehlen
A candidate in a party primary does not get a Wikipedia article just for being a candidate in a party primary — even if he'd ''won'' the primary, he ''still'' wouldn't automatically get an article on that basis, but would remain not eligible for one unless and until he ''won'' the general election in ''November''. We keep articles about the people who ''hold'' notable offices, not everybody who puts their name up as a ''candidate'' for one. And neither can a person claim to pass  just because he happened to be running against a nationally known figure like Paul Ryan and therefore the race got increased coverage — that coverage attests to ''Ryan's'' notability, not Nehlen's, and just makes Nehlen a . And finally, the possibility that he ''might'' attain further notability in the future is not a reason to keep the article now. If he does attain further notability in the future, we can always recreate a new article about him when that time comes — but in the meantime, we do not keep articles based on |''predictions'' about what ''might'' happen, we keep or delete articles based on what's ''already'' true ''today''. And nothing that's true today is enough
— User:Bearcat, 20:51, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:BLP1E||WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:Notability)