Talk:2014 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

Potential candidates
How do we know a person is a potential candidate? What standard do we use?—Markles 00:53, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The standard used for United States presidential election, 2012 is two sources in the past six month. I think this standard should be used here as well. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 03:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * OK. What's the reliability of the source?  I mean: if a well-regarded writer says, "George Jones would be a good Governor" does that make Jones a potential?  What about "George Jones is considering running"?  Or "Ralph Smith has started a petition to draft George Jones"?—Markles  12:42, 18 February 2011 (UTC)
 * The consensus on other pages appears to be that op-ed pieces are not considered to be reliable sources. Articles that state that a candidate is considering running and articles that state there is a movement to convince a candidate to run are okay, unless the candidate makes a public statement denying interest in running. --Hirolovesswords (talk) 01:07, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for finding that. It's a good standard to use.  —Markles  01:13, 19 February 2011 (UTC)

Possible Candidates
Should Ed Markey be added to the DFL section and Gabriel Gomez be added to the GOP section? - Billybob2002 (talk) 04:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: Already added. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Billybob2002 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 28 May 2013 (UTC)