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Pete Olson

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Candidate for Congress with no other claims to notability. Way, way too soon for an article on this guy--if he wins the election (though he might be favored), maybe we can create an article on him. Blueboy96 20:32, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:BIO#Politicians - being a candidate does not confer notability. JohnCD (talk) 20:40, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:NOTE. Only 4 gnews hits and only one is actually about him.  Frank  |  talk  20:44, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. In a 10-person primary, he finished second, qualifying for a runoff. The runoff was against the winner of the 2006 special election, who had therefore held the seat for a while, yet he beat her. This is enough of an achievement to merit a bio article. Furthermore, although the current state of the article doesn't reflect it, there was certainly coverage of him, as both the primary and the runoff drew press attention. JamesMLane t c 20:50, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - apparently, Shelley Sekula-Gibbs only won the special election to serve for < 2 months, and at the same time lost the general election for the following term. (An odd situation, I'd say.)  Frank  |  talk  21:06, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NOT#CRYSTAL. Maybe he's going to be famous one day, maybe not. Until then, he doesn't need an article, for he, at this point, appears to fail WP:BIO. --Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 22:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Political candidates are not notable unless/until they win. KleenupKrew (talk) 00:11, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. It is ludicrous not to have an article about Pete Olson who is going to be the next Congressman from Sugar Land/Missouri City/Pearland/Clear Lake, Texas. He is going beat Nick Lampson, the Democrat, by a resounding margin. It is a majority Republican district and it has been held by Republicans for years and year, namely Tom Delay and Ron Paul. The district only voted in Lampson because the Republican, Gibbs, had to run a write in campaign--even then she almost beat Lampson in a write in campaign. Olson was endorsed by most of the Texas Republican Congressmen in the primary and in the run-off. Even Stuart Rothenberg states that this district is the best shot for a Republican takeover of a Democrat seat in Congress. There is plenty of press coverage of this race. It is already being followed by the national media because the Delay and Paul connections to the seat and the fact that Democrat will lose.--InaMaka (talk) 16:48, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 15:48, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

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