Talk:2013 South Carolina's 1st congressional district special election

Photo?
There's a missing photo for Busch. -- 65.92.180.137 (talk) 04:41, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

These people never declined!
says "On the GOP side, potential candidates include former Gov. Mark Sanford and his ex-wife, former first lady Jenny Sanford; state Sens. Chip Campsen and Larry Grooms; state Reps. Chip Limehouse, Peter McCoy, Jim Merrill and Andy Patrick; Charleston County Councilman Elliott Summey; Dorchester County Councilman Jay Byars; Charleston City Councilman Mike Seekings; Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Ken Glasson; former state Sen. John Kuhn; former Charleston County School Board member Larry Kabrovsky; former Charleston County Council members Curtis Bostic and Joe McKeown; and Lowcountry businessmen Keith Blandford, Carroll Campbell, Mark Lutz, Bob Menges and Teddy Turner."

This is NOT a source! If these people are making statements that they have seriously considered running but have made a public statement that they would not, that is declining to run. Otherwise, these people have absolutely no connection to this race whatsoever! A writer pulling names out of his ass does not mean every one of them must be listed here, nor is is serious speculation! It is very simple: a simple statement of a name does not make that person connected to the election, nor is it informative to the reader that random non-notable individuals didn't run. Readers are not stupid. If someone is not listed as running, that means they're not running; they don't need to be listed when there is no relevance to the election at all. Reywas92 Talk 14:11, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I believe that a "kitchen sink"-type list like that is useful when the field is still taking shape, as there must be some reason they were mentioned in the first place. However, if they never went so far as to decline, and just didn't run, then by this point in an election it is probably meaningless. Even though they did passively decline to run by not filing paperwork, even if they didn't feel the need to explicitly decline. – Muboshgu (talk) 14:37, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Right, every other person in the state of South Carolina passively declined. The fact someone put their name on the internet doesn't make a difference to the election; they were mentioned because they happen to be active locally. Even if a person makes a simple declination, they still don't have connection to the election. A kitchen sink may be reasonable early on, but after the primary or filing deadline there really is no relevance. Reywas92 Talk 14:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)